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Militants Killed and Injured as Army Stops Infiltration Attempt

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
April 1, 2015
Death toll: 
2persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Armed militants

The Lebanese army was able to obstruct overnight a militant group from infiltrating Lebanon through the Wadi Hmayed area in the northeastern town of Arsal.

“The army clashed with armed militants in Wadi Hmayed and obstructed their attempts to infiltrate the town where they clashed with some of the residents pushing them to flee to the town's outskirts,” an army communique said on Thursday.

“The army was able to kill and wound several of the militants including Khaled Ahmed al-Wawa who was arrested and transported to hospital for treatment,” the statement added.

Several detained suspects are allegedly affiliated to Islamist groups, whose fighters remain entrenched on the outskirts of Arsal after they overran the village and engaged in battles with the army.

Arsal witnesses tension among locals and armed Syrians on the back ground of abduction and counter-abduction operations, National News Agency correspondent reported on Wednesday.

It is to note that the citizen Hussein Seif Eddine was abducted on Monday from a shop owned by member of Ezzeddine family in Arsal; duly members of Ezzedine family abducted Amer and Ahmad Karnabi who were released yesterday (Tuesday) in a good initiative and interference from Lebanese Army Intelligence.

However, when the captors did not release Seif Eddine by today morning, a number of young people from Noah and Ezzeddine families opened fire, captured 35 displaced Syrians from the Syrian Kara village and banned any activities in a neighborhood resided by Syrians in the village.

Arsal is currently witnessing mobilizations for Lebanese Army at Arsal village surroundings and Al-Masyada region and cordoned off the village as well, the reporter said.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/173982-militants-killed-and-injured-a...

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42484/Army-repels-militants-39-infilt...

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42448/Arsal-witnesses-tension-Army-co...

Primary category: 
Land Violation/Land Borders Crossing
Secondary Category: 
Clashes/Armed Conflict
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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