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Rocket targeted LAF vehicle in Ras Baalbeck
Associated Timeline/Case:
Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)
Date of incident:
February 26, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
4persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Armed militants
On 26 Feb 15, at around 1415hrs, following the clashes in the outskirts of Ras Baalbeck, a rocket fired by armed elements targeted a light tank of LAF injuring 3 soldiers with minor injuries and a first- lieutenant who was severely injured and transferred to the hospital through a helicopter.
Primary category:
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
Secondary Category:
Clashes/Armed Conflict
Classification of conflict (primary):
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.
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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