2014-08 - Arsal Conflict | August, 2014 to June, 2019

The army stationed in Ras Baalbeck and northern Bekaa is intermittently targeting with heavy artillery the movements and gatherings of gunmen in the direction of al-Najasa and al-Mukhairami hilltops in the eastern mountain range of Arsal terrains, NNA field correspondent reported on Thursday.

The army managed earlier to expel the gunmen from Jeresh Hilltop, forcing them to withdraw to al-Najasa and al-Mukhairami hilltops in Arsal's eastern mountain range.

A dispute between a customer and a nargileh shop owner in the northeastern border town of Arsal was behind a midnight attack on the shop, a security source said Tuesday.

The source told The Daily Star the customer, who was not identified, lobbed a hand grenade at the shop after the owner closed the store.

No one was hurt in the blast.

The source said a brief argument had erupted earlier Monday night between the customer and the shop owner, a member of the Hujeiri family, over a delay in nargileh delivery.

On 23 Feb 15, media allegedly reported that the explosive sound heard in Aarsal was a result of a hand grenade tossed towards a tobacco shop.

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On 16 Feb 15, the Lebanese Armed Forces allegedly arrested the sister of Abu Malek al-Talleh, the Nusra Front’s commander for the Qalamoun region, and her son at a checkpoint at the entrance to Arsal’s outskirts. The two were detained when they were heading toward Arsal’s outskirts at an Army checkpoint in Wadi Hmeid. LAF units across Arsal, and especially by the entrances to the outskirts, were allegedly mobilized in anticipation of a possible revenge attack over the arrest. The military was working on confirming the identity of the detained woman and her son.