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Conflict Incident Report

Road briefly blocked in Aley

Date of incident: 
December 17, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

On 17 Dec 16, in Aley, local bus drivers briefly blocked the Damascus Road in protest of recent scuffles that broke out between bus and minibus drivers over picking up passengers. Internal Security Forces and Army units negotiated with the drivers and reopened the highway to relieve the traffic congestion on the vital route.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.