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Mothers of ISIS-held hostages block northeastern Lebanon road on Mother's Day

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
March 21, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

Mothers of ISIS-held Lebanese soldiers Monday briefly blocked a road at the entrance of a northeastern border town to mark Mother's Day.

The state-run National News Agency reported that a number of the captives' mothers and relatives arrived at Ain al-Shaab checkpoint, at the entrance of the town of Arsal, to protest against what they say is the state's negligence in following up on their loved ones.

The anguished mothers sat on the asphalt, holding pictures of their sons.

A Lebanese Army unit arrived swiftly at the scene to reopen the road and a debate erupted between soldiers and a mother who accused the military of failing to act while captive soldiers were still in Arsal.

Hussein Youssef, father of captive soldier Mohammad Youssef, called on Lebanese state and security officials to work swiftly on behalf of the captives.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Mar-21/343271-mothers...

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Secondary Category: 
Military/Security Forces Deployment
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
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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