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Conflict Incident Report
LAF deployed in Nabi Othman
Associated Timeline/Case:
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident:
January 20, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
A rocket fell in the outskirts of Nabi Othman town at 6:35 pm, with gunmen sites in the Anti-Lebanon region as its source, a communiqué by the Lebanese army indicated.
"Army units deployed in the area took necessary field measures and targeted the gunmen with heavy artillery," it added.
Primary category:
Military/Security Forces Deployment
Classification of conflict (primary):
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.
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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