Conflict Incident Report

Army raids mills and stone quarries, knocks down fortifications in Arsal outskirts

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

March 1, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

A Lebanese army unit raided Sunday mills and stone quarries facing the location of Wadi al-Hosn in Ersal outskirts, demolishing fortifications that have been set up by armed terrorist groups, inside which drug quantities, injection needles, military equipment and amounts of money were found and handed-over to the concerned authorities, an Army Guidance Directorate communiqué indicated.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/41148/Army-raids-mills-and-stone-quar...

Primary category:

Raid

Secondary Category:

Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling

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

Army raids mills and stone quarries, knocks down fortifications in Arsal outskirts