Conflict Incident Report

LAF foils infiltration attempts near Aarsal

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

January 6, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

Lebanese army soldiers have foiled an infiltration attempt by gunmen near 2 of its Arsal outposts, NNA field reporters said today. Soldiers manning their posts opened up with assorted weapons on infiltrators injuring or killing a number of them and destroying unspecified types of vehicles, the same reporters concluded.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/54819/Army-foils-infiltration-…

Primary category:

Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]

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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LAF foils infiltration attempts near Aarsal