Conflict Incident Report

Hostages' families stage sit in in front of Casino

Date of incident:

February 26, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Families of abducted soldiers [Arsal Clashes]

NA - The families of the Lebanese hostages held by Daesh staged a sit in in front of Casino du Liban, in Maameltein, to protest against the "official negligence" in this file, NNA correspondent reported.

Youssef Hussein, father of soldier Mohammad Youssef, said that relatives of soldiers were tired "of hearing the leaders say they have no information about the hostages."

"Today we protest against the neglect in this issue. Our efforts have always been peaceful, but if this continues we will escalate," he warned.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/57519/Hostages-39-families-sta…

Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Classification of conflict (primary):

Policy conflicts

Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.

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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Hostages' families stage sit in in front of Casino