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Conflict Incident Report

LAF deployed after Qaa explosions

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 27, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Following suicide bombings targetting El Qaa today, the army stated is "has brought in additional reinforcements to the town, and army units began implementing search and raid operations in the town and its surroundings in search of suspects."

Primary category: 
Military/Security Forces Deployment
Secondary Category: 
Raid
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.