Conflict Incident Report

2 Militants Dead as Army Stops Infiltration Attempts (2)

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

August 17, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

al-Nusra Front

ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

The military shelled the positions of gunmen on the outskirts of Arsal and Ras Baalbek. In the afternoon, the army shelled a group of IS militants who tried to infiltrate from Syria into the outskirts of the al-Naamat area in Lebanese territory, NNA said. “The Lebanese army's artillery bombardment thwarted their infiltration attempt and forced them to retreat,” the agency added. The militants from al-Nusra Front and the IS are taking the porous Lebanese-Syrian border as a hiding place.
Their threat rose in August last year when they overran Arsal and took with them hostages from the military and police following deadly clashes.
They have since executed four of them.
The army regularly clashes with the militants and thwarts their attempts to infiltrate Arsal.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/187538-2-militants-dead-as-army-stops...

Primary category:

Shooting

Secondary Category:

Arrest/Detention

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

2 Militants Dead as Army Stops Infiltration Attempts (2)