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Conflict Incident Report

Army blocks Tripoli, Akkar road

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 20, 2014
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Army units cut off the road at Abou Ali roundabout in Tripoli, leading to Akkar district, the NNA field correspondent said. Elements of the Internal Security Forces set up several barriers in the city, while Army members deployed in the vicinity of mosques. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/28577/Army-blocks-Tripoli-Akkar-road

Primary category: 
Military/Security Forces Deployment
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.