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Conflict Incident Report

Protest in Downtown - Beirut

Date of incident: 
July 31, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Families of abducted soldiers [Arsal Clashes]

On 31 July 16, in Downtown – Beirut, the families of the nine Lebanese soldiers believed to still be held captive by ISIS protested in nearly two years after the servicemen were kidnapped by the militant group in a northeast border town. The protestors demanded the government to reveal the fate of their relatives.
 

 

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
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.