Conflict Incident Report

Clashes between Army, wanted men in Brital outskirts

Date of incident:

August 7, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

Brital outskirts currently witness clashes between the Lebanese Army and a group of wanted individuals, among them the kidnappers of Lebanese citizen, Mark Hajj Moussa, NNA field reporter said on Friday.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/47771/Clashes-between-Army-wanted-men...

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):

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

Clashes between Army, wanted men in Brital outskirts