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LAF boosts security measures in Arsal vicinity
Date of incident:
July 25, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
On 25 July 17, the Lebanese Army Forces boosted its security measures in the vicinity of Arsal, to prevent the infiltration of militants from Arsal outskirts into refugee encampments or the town. The army ran patrols in the eastern chain in a bid to prevent any infiltration into the Lebanese interior. This came in the wake of artillery and missile shelling by Hizbullah fighters, during the clamping down on Nusra Front armed elements.
Primary category:
Military/Security Forces Deployment
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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