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Conflict Incident Report
Army targeted senior members of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
Date of incident:
May 17, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
Islamic State (IS); Daech *
Artillery shelling by the Lebanese Army targeted cars carrying senior members of Jabat Fatah al-Sham – formerly the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front – on the outskirts of Arsal late evening. The state-run National News Agency reported that Army shelling and Helicopter bombardments hit positions belonging to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and ISIS (Daesh) around Arsal and Ras Baalbeck, making a number of direct hits. The NNA gave no details of who was in the cars at the time of the strike or if there were any casualties, simply identifying them as senior members of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.