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Conflict Incident Report

Shooting from Syrian side targets Wadi Khaled's Bani Sakher, material damage

Date of incident: 
February 2, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Armed militants

Shooting emanating from the Syrian side targeted the Lebanese banks of Nahr Kabeer River in the outskirts of Wadi Khaled's Bani Sakher town, inflicting material damage to some properties, NNA Correspondent in Akkar reported on Monday.

No casualties were reported.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/40044/Shooting-from-Syrian-side-t...

Primary category: 
Shooting
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.