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Conflict Incident Report
Syrian shell on border town in Akkar
Date of incident:
March 23, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Armed militants
On 23 Mar 15, a shell coming from the Syrian side of the border landed in an outlying area of An-Noura village in Akkar, at the Lebanese-Syrian border to the West course of the Great River. No injuries were reported.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42008/Syrian-shell-on-border-town-in-...
Primary category:
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
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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