Conflict Incident Report

Army shells terrorist locations with heavy artillery in Ras Baalbak highlands

Date of incident:

March 14, 2017

Death toll:

3persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Armed militants

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

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

NNA - NNA field reporter said that the Lebanese Army has been shelling with heavy artillery locations for terrorists in the highlands of Ras Baalbak.
In the dawn, the army targeted a car for the terrorists loaded with rockets and other weapons in the highlands of Ras Baalbak and Arsal, damaging the car and killing three terrorist members, among them a security senior in Daesh.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/76584/Army-shells-terrorist-lo…

Primary category:

Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]

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 shells terrorist locations with heavy artillery in Ras Baalbak highlands