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Hezbollah ambushes Nusra, killing 9 including commander

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
December 9, 2015
Death toll: 
9persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
al-Nusra Front
Hezbollah

Nine Nusra Front militants, including a senior commander, were killed Wednesday in an ambush and an ensuing clash with Hezbollah fighters near the restive northeastern border town of Arsal.
Speaking to The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, security sources said Abu Firas al-Jibba, a high-ranking Nusra commander in Syria’s Qalamoun region, was killed along with three bodyguards in a Hezbollah ambush in Wadi al-Kheil on Arsal’s outskirts.
The fighting was also reported by Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV, which broadcast footage of the moment Jibba and Nusra Front fighters were targeted by Hezbollah artillery in the region’s rocky terrain.
Hezbollah fighters then opened fire at Nusra militants who tried to pull out the bodies of the dead, sparking heavy clashes which killed five Nusra combatants.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Dec-10/326756-hezboll...

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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