Army Battles Militants in Arsal's Outskirts
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Lebanese army engaged on Thursday in clashes with militants on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said the military targeted the fighters with mortars in the area of Wadi Ata.
The gunmen from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front have established footholds in remote mountains along Lebanon's remote eastern border.
Their threat first came to Lebanon in August, two months after the group's summer blitz in which it seized large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria.
In a surprise attack, the militants crossed over from Syria and overran the border town of Arsal, hitting Lebanese army positions and killing and injuring scores of soldiers.
After weeklong clashes, the militants pulled back to mountain caves near Syria's border, taking more Lebanese soldiers and policemen with them.
The fighters have since executed four of the servicemen.
Meanwhile, LBCI TV said IS gunmen and Free Syrian Army rebels engaged in battles on Arsal's outskirts on Wednesday.
Twenty people, including an FSA official, were killed in the clashes that concentrated in the area of Wadi Mira, it added.
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18 December 2014, 11:17
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god bless our LAF
the army never forgets sooner or later our army will get the people or so called politicians that worked against our only Lebanese institution
18 December 2014, 11:23
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"Their threat first came to Lebanon in August"
yea sure, let's forget about the car bombings in beirut in the previous years. after all, that was halal because it had saud hariri's blessing
18 December 2014, 11:29
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in any case, with or without some media's artistic interpretation of events, they will end up in the same place: history's dustbin.
18 December 2014, 12:53
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who said anything about harriri here? you guys are really funny to watch, bathing in your prejudice and delusions and throwing accusations left and right.
18 December 2014, 16:46
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nothing proves the car bombings were carried by saudi allies... LOL poor moooowaten. when others non chias are targeted it is israel, when chias are it is saudis! LOL
18 December 2014, 21:08
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yea majed el majed was not a saudi and didnt have links to saudi intelligence.
18 December 2014, 22:12
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LOL ... based on pure assumptions, as no evidence incriminates saudis...
funny how you do not apply your logic to this as you always pretend that M14 or anti syrians were not killed by syrians or hezbollah as no evidence has been yet found...
double standards i guess. poor moooowaten the wati.
18 December 2014, 11:56
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the car bombings were specifically targeting you, your culture, your environment, and your hizb following the massacres you committed against the syrian people and after repeated warnings. It was never against Beirut, Jounieh, or any other civilized place.
18 December 2014, 12:08
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The takfiri bird, knows of nothing else than smearing the Resistance, and the LAF.
18 December 2014, 12:12
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vulturedawn, what about the numerous explosions in Beirut, committed by your beloved takfir? That doesn't matter ofcourse, only when your takfiris gets killed then you care, when LAF and Civilians gets killed. You applaud happily with satisfaction.
18 December 2014, 14:39
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vulturedawn the takfiri bird, Naharnet deleted my comments. He had to go ahead and report them. A weak fellow indeed he is.
18 December 2014, 11:58
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The glorious LAF, fights back against the American/M14 sponsored takfiris.
Even though they are poorly armed, they will continue the struggle.
18 December 2014, 13:10
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"Poorly armed" .. you mesn in comparison to your glorious GhizEbola, so the stste is always in need of your sectarian services. God bless the lebanese army against all terror militias wheather yours or usis ir nusra or whatever all clearly rejected by us, but I t is clear that the terror milicia of tge rev guards if yours is ok and fine and as ling as it is shu3a it is ok and welcome, for us "sunni" so called are extreemly rejected and nor welcome at all can you say the same to your iranian backed GhizEbola? My Stick?
18 December 2014, 13:55
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Poorly armed, due to blockade of arms trade to the LAF. The Saudis will never give the LAF equipment, aslong as they are fighting the Saudi back takfiris. Salafimarch, you can fund the takfiris all you want in Canada, the LAF & Resistance will beat them.
18 December 2014, 14:06
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why doesn't your beloved resistance give the LAF some of its illegal and criminal weapons if you so much care about the LAF.
18 December 2014, 14:31
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If you want to arm the LAF with new weaponry, as soon as possible, then you should let Iran arm them. They would do it fast, and not hesitate and back out like the corrupted Saudis.
18 December 2014, 12:31
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I respect Mr. Mystic, Mr. Southern, and Mr. Mowaten among other things for their military strategy and prowess.
18 December 2014, 18:30
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Damm isis nusra hizEbola and thier likes, dammed all by M14 lets see you kids condem other religiius sectarian forces like we do! Unless your terror militias are from heaven, and shouldint be touched.
18 December 2014, 19:36
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dont be so pretty sure. We have seen what is capable of doing the SAA apart from throwing explosive barrels on innocent civilians.
18 December 2014, 20:15
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Arsal should be leveled, and no takfiris left standing. leave the army to do its job, enough political BS, it will only make matters worse. A soldier has a job, a politician is here only to corrupt the mechanism of the army's workings. level off Arsal, then we shall see how these cowardly Isil/Nusra trash will run like chicken.
