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Conflict Incident Report
Hezbollah Kills 3 Nusra Militants in Arsal Outskirts
Date of incident:
February 11, 2016
Death toll:
3persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
al-Nusra Front
Hezbollah
Three militants from the Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front were killed Thursday in a Hizbullah attack in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, Hizbullah's al-Manar and other TV networks reported. Hizbullah fighters targeted a group of Nusra militants in the Arsal outskirts area of Harf Wadi al-Kheil, killing three and wounding several others, the reports said. Militants from al-Nusra and the Islamic State jihadist group are entrenched in mountainous regions in Arsal's outskirts and along the porous Lebanese-Syrian border. The Lebanese army regularly shells their positions and Hizbullah fighters frequently engage in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.
Primary category:
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
Secondary 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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