Conflict Incident Report

Army targets gunmen with heavy artillery, five army members wounded

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

February 26, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

5persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

The army stationed in Ras Baalbeck and northern Bekaa is intermittently targeting with heavy artillery the movements and gatherings of gunmen in the direction of al-Najasa and al-Mukhairami hilltops in the eastern mountain range of Arsal terrains, NNA field correspondent reported on Thursday.

The army managed earlier to expel the gunmen from Jeresh Hilltop, forcing them to withdraw to al-Najasa and al-Mukhairami hilltops in Arsal's eastern mountain range.

The army improvised two military posts in Sadr al-Jeresh and Harf Jeresh, northeast Ras Al Hamra Hilltop, in the direction of the Lebanese-Syrian borders, thus becoming in control of the movements of the gunmen in the region's highlands.

The number of wounded military men has risen to five, including an officer, who were taken aboard a military helicopter to Hermel Hospital and Beirut gov-run hospital for treatment.

The army expanded the area of targeting insurgents, which entailed a while ago Wadi Hmayid in Arsal terrain where the gunmen fled to.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/41062/Army-targets-gunmen-with-heavy-...

Primary category:

Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]

Secondary Category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

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 targets gunmen with heavy artillery, five army members wounded