Conflict Incident Report

Army: 1 martyr, 5 terrorists dead and tens injured in army attack in Baalbak highlands

Date of incident:

March 10, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

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

NNA - Lebanese Army Command's Orientation Directorate on Thursday issued a communique saying that the army set a qualitative attack against locations for Daesh terrorist groups at 03:30 am whereupon it killed five of them and wounded tens, yet a soldier fell as a martyr during the attack and four army members were wounded.

The army also destroyed their locations, causing a big number of them to flee away from the region. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/58285/Army-martyr-terrorists-dead-and...

Primary category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Army: 1 martyr, 5 terrorists dead and tens injured in army attack in Baalbak highlands