You are here

Conflict Incident Report

Army targets with heavy artillery militants' movements in Qaa outskirts and Ras Baalback surrounding

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
March 9, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

وطنية - بعلبك - أفادت مندوبة "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" وسام درويش أن الجيش اللبناني يستهدف من مواقعه في البقاع الشمالي بالمدفعية الثقيلة تحركات لمسلحي "داعش" في جرود القاع ومحيط رأس بعلبك.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/210826/

Primary category: 
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.