Conflict Incident Report

Confrontations in Ras Baalbek leave dead, wounded among militants

Associated Timeline/Case:

Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

January 23, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

al-Nusra Front

Ras Baalbek's desolate areas have been witnessing, since this morning, fierce confrontations between the Lebanese Army forces deployed in the region and armed persons trying to infiltrate into it.

The Army managed to destroy five vehicles belonging to the militants and killed and wounded a number of Nusra front elements, as reported by the NNA correspondent.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/39578/Confrontations-in-Ras-Baalb...

Primary category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

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

Confrontations in Ras Baalbek leave dead, wounded among militants