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Lebanese Army seized weapons depot in Arsal
Date of incident:
September 12, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Military Intelligence
al-Nusra Front
Armed militants
The Lebanese Army seized an arms warehouse in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal. While patrolling the area, an Army Intelligence unit found explosive devices ready to be detonated that were seized in Wadi Hmayyed.
The weapons cache included explosive devices, shells filled with explosive material and aluminum powder for explosives, among other things.
Militants mainly belonging to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham–previously known as the Nusra Front–had been entrenched on Arsal's outskirts before they were pushed out.
The Army explosive ordnance specialists began dismantling the arms on the same day.
Primary category:
Arms Storage/Smuggling
Secondary Category:
Dismantlement of Explosives/Demining
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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