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Conflict Incident Report

Clashes in Mieh Mieh camp

Date of incident: 
August 11, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Fatah
Ansar Allah (Militant Group)

Two men suspected of participating in clashes Saturday in the southern Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon were arrested and handed over to Lebanese Army Intelligence the day after, a Palestinian security source said.

The two suspects, identified as Saleh Ghali and Samer al-Masri, members of the Fatah Movement and Ansar Allah, respectively, had fought with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, the source told The Daily Star Sunday. No injuries were reported.

Primary category: 
Clashes/Armed Conflict
Secondary Category: 
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.