Conflict Incident Report

Explosive device goes off in Arsal

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

January 14, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

1 person

Actors/Parties Involved:

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

al-Nusra Front

An explosive device Thursday went off in the northeastern border town of Arsal, wounding a man, a security source told The Daily Star.
The source said ISIS militants had planted a roadside device near the house of a man with close ties to the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, Mohammad Sobhi Wehbi.
Wehbi was slightly wounded.
Arsal has been the site of sporadic violence ever since Nusra and ISIS militants briefly overran the town in August 2014.

http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-14/331909-explosive-d...

Primary category:

Explosion

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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Explosive device goes off in Arsal