Conflict Incident Report

Armed islamists attack Hezbollah positions near Baalbek

Date of incident:

January 25, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Hezbollah

Armed militants

Hezbollah positions near Baalbek have come under attack at Ain Sa'aa on the mountain slopes of Brital and Baalbek, Baalbeck-based National News Agency field correspondent Hussein Darwish, said today.

The same reporter concluded that the Mountain slopes of Brital currently witness fierce clashes during which heavy artillery shells were deployed.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/39654/Takfeerists-attack-Hezbolla...

Primary category:

Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]

Secondary Category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

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

Armed islamists attack Hezbollah positions near Baalbek