Conflict Incident Report

Army Dismantles Bomb on Outskirts of Arsal

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

February 11, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The Lebanese army defused on Wednesday around 25 kilograms of explosives on the outskirts of the eastern town of Arsal.
“A patrol for the intelligence unit located overnight a 25 kg bomb in the area of Ras al-Sarj placed on the road used by army units to reach Wadi al-Raayan,” the military said in a communique.

A military expert arrived at the scene to disable the bomb, the statement said.

The army called on citizens to report to the nearest military station any suspicious item.

Media reports said that the bomb was located in a bin.
The army had deployed heavily in Arsal and several explosive-rigged vehicles and bombs were found in the area, which is witnessing massive shelling by the military on posts controlled by Islamist militants.

Lebanon became ensnared in the complex conflict of the near four-year war in Syria after militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front engaged in a bloody fighting with the Lebanese army in August and took with them hostages from the military and police.

The jihadists remain entrenched on the outskirts of Arsal on the porous Syrian-Lebanese border.

The mountainous area has long been a smuggling haven, with multiple routes into Syria that have been used to transport weapons and fighters.

The Lebanese army defused on Wednesday around 25 kilograms of explosives on the outskirts of the eastern town of Arsal.

“A patrol for the intelligence unit located overnight a 25 kg bomb in the area of Ras al-Sarj placed on the road used by army units to reach Wadi al-Raayan,” the military said in a communique.
A military expert arrived at the scene to disable the bomb, the statement said.
The army called on citizens to report to the nearest military station any suspicious item.
Media reports said that the bomb was located in a bin.

The army had deployed heavily in Arsal and several explosive-rigged vehicles and bombs were found in the area, which is witnessing massive shelling by the military on posts controlled by Islamist militants.

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Primary category:

Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining

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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Army Dismantles Bomb on Outskirts of Arsal