Conflict Incident Report

Clashes between Army and armed militants in the Tebbaneh

Associated Timeline/Case:

Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)

Date of incident:

October 25, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

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

Army units and gunmen engaged in open fire Saturday evening near "Walid Super Market" in Bab al-Tebbaneh. Later on in the day, a group of armed men kidnapped a soldier Tannous Nehmeh demanding that the siege be lifted off them in return for his release. On the 26th of October, the Army Intelligence succeeded in freeing the soldier from Bsharre. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35449/Army-Intelligence-frees-kid... http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35370/Clashes-between-Army-and-ar... http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35373/Gunmen-kidnap-military-sold...

Primary category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

Classification of conflict (primary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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

Clashes between Army and armed militants in the Tebbaneh