Army, Militants Clash in Ras Baalbek and Arsal Outskirts
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Lebanese army and militants clashed on the outskirts of the northeastern village of Ras Baalbek overnight as troops targeted fighters in the areas surrounding the town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.
NNA reported shooting incidents and skirmishes between armed groups and the military's bases in the area of Tallet al-Hamra that lies in Ras Baalbek's outskirts.
Later on Tuesday, the army shelled the positions of gunmen on the eastern outskirts of Arsal in the Wadi al-Oueini, Wadi al-Khail, Khirbet Daoud, al-Ajram, and Mkharmieh regions.
Last month, eight soldiers were killed in the same area in a battle between troops and Syria-based fighters from the Islamic State group.
The cross-border attack was the most serious since IS and al-Nusra Front militants seized Lebanese soldiers and policemen in a raid in Arsal in August 2014.
NNA also said Tuesday that the army targeted suspicious movements of gunmen in the areas of Wadi Hmeid and al-Mesyada on Arsal's outskirts.
The clashes came as al-Joumhouria daily quoted a high-ranking military official as saying that the army is thwarting daily infiltration attempts in Arsal.
The militants “are incapable of violating the strong measures” taken by the army, said the source.
The official added that “the military has consolidated the Ras Baalbek front, making it impossible for terrorists to find any road to reach it.”
G.K.
H.K.
03 February 2015, 10:20
114
hahahahaha Militants!!! that's a good one. that's their new nick-name?
03 February 2015, 19:06
26
What do you suggest we call them!!! Resistance? We are already blighted with one.
04 February 2015, 10:44
31
tell this to the ISIS scums, they are the ones attacking and choosing their targets.
03 February 2015, 10:52
126
naharnet why do you keep calling these animals "militants". they are terrorists, and calling them anything less than this is already beginning to whitewash them.
03 February 2015, 10:54
116
and why do they keep attacking ras baalbek? it is a majority christian village. why dont they attack hezbollah positions, since they claim their war is with hezbollah?
it doesnt make sense, unless they are full of BS and their real aim is to conquer whatever part of lebanon they can, or kill blindly anyone that does not share their prehistoric cavemen mentality, or both.
03 February 2015, 20:28
61
Only butchers are the takfiris you support so dearly, cutting off heads, and eating organs. Who is the real butcher then?
03 February 2015, 22:13
13
Another uninformed or purposely deceptive statement from Mystic. Make an effort and read the reports from Human Rights Organizations and you will see what Monster you are supporting.
03 February 2015, 22:15
12
I challenge you Mystic to show that I write in support of IS or Nusra. I hope they and Assad perish.
03 February 2015, 12:02
511
"naharnet why do you keep calling these animals "militants". "
for the same reason they call hezbollah "resistants" while they are just a bunch of iranian paid mercenaries and have nothing to do with Lebanon.....
03 February 2015, 13:43
113
i know you have a hard time noticing the difference due to your limited mental capacities, but while hezbollah defends this country, isis attacks it. little nuances you see?
03 February 2015, 18:47
27
my capacities are maybe limited but yours even more... hezbollah is NOT defending this country... the LEBANESE army is!
"The Lebanese army and militants clashed on the outskirts of the northeastern village of Ras Baalbek"
no mention of your divine militia here... we do not need your terrorists to defend the country , the army is doing a fine job... little nuances you see?
ok militia man?
03 February 2015, 18:49
91
"my capacities are maybe limited but yours even more" >> dude you should write a book on repartee, really!
03 February 2015, 18:53
91
May 2008 fight was started by m14 anonyme, get your facts straight. Oh wait, i forgot who i was talking to. Sorry, please continue making up stories, don't let me disturb you with facts I know how much you hate them.
03 February 2015, 19:03
29
Oh look the iranian propaganda department is out on duty again.
yes of course May 2008 was started by M14 when they came on TV waving their fingers and said "We will defend our weapons with weapons". Go peddle your iranian propaganda on Manar.
03 February 2015, 19:19
27
""my capacities are maybe limited but yours even more" >> dude you should write a book on repartee, really! "
that is what we call using strong counter arguments...
poor mooowaten ....
04 February 2015, 05:35
21
Movaten, facts are facts, and yes you are no better than ISIS. You brought this mess on to Lebanon, be quiet.
03 February 2015, 13:19
59
They are called militants instead of terrorists otherwise hiizbollah would also have to be designated as terrorist too. It is a matter of being fair.
03 February 2015, 14:10
114
greatpierro... ISIS and Al Nusra terrorists from syria, target and kill Lebanese of every sect! they behead them and claim the LAF is a crusader army! They declared the ISF and LAF as the enemy! This is why they are terrorist and why hezbollah, although not supported by every lebanese, is not declared terrorists by lebanese or by most of the world! But coming from an israeli, i can understand your confusion because israel has actually (indirectly or directly) allied themselves with ISIS against the world!
03 February 2015, 16:49
103
tex. please... with all due respect. Why the F do you always speak such rubbish? Every Shiite family does not act on behalf of Hezbollah! There are many illegal mafia families in the bekaa! They should and will be pursued and punished! Just as not every crazy sunni family or terrorist from tripoli, sidon or akkar are in control of the mustaqbul! The very real difference is hezbollah doesn't think the LAF or IDF or any lebanese is an enemy that deserves only death through beheading! An Hezbollah member killed Captain Samer by accident and he was presented to the LAF! How can you compare that to ISIS? U are completely delusional or purposely divisive! There is no comparison... ask the christian residents of Ras Baalbek. Ask those from Deir El Hamar who are hard core LF. Even the Fakhri family who had family killed by the Jaafar clan! We all know your single minded hatred but siding with ISIS and Israel is just a low point in your life that is even against your US administration!
03 February 2015, 17:21
93
tex... in the past 7 years, less than 4 Lebanese Armed Forces or ISF have been killed by Hezbollah or shiite mafia families. All those killers have been handed in or are outlawed mafia members that are being hunted in the bekaa! During the same period, 210!!!! Lebanese armed forces and ISF members have been killed by Sunni extremists from tripoli, akkar, sidon and the syrian areas! Non have been handed in and most of these terrorists are still at large and are your heroes!
Tfeh alaik ya Tex!
03 February 2015, 17:42
103
tex, lets say they blew up their political opponents for a second... maybe they did... maybe they didn't! but ISIS would have beheaded them and placed their head on a stake in the middle of the nearest square! not because they were enemies but because they "offended allah"! In Mosul, they decapitated 12 boys under 14 years of age because they watched iraqi football team defeat iran in the asian cup! They beheaded them! Children!!! Is this the same as hezbollah? Just as Israel compares them to hezbollah and then attacks them while they are fighting isis and al nusra... you are the same! Israel and Turkey is ISIS and al nusra's only military ally in the middle east!
03 February 2015, 18:23
114
Dont bother Ado, he is too full of hate and self-inflicted brainwash to see past his own BS. He has decided that hezbollah was like isis not because he is too dumb to see the difference (everybody sees and knows it), but because he desperately needs that belief to keep on hating on HA.
And no, the killings of M14 figures were most likely not done by HA, and certainly not in HA's interest. As many people (including me) kept saying, these killings only served to fuel the Sunni radicalization and building an anti-HA sentiment, as planned by those who want this country destroyed. Divide & conquer, old trick still works...
03 February 2015, 18:48
103
Eaglyawn still earning his daily shekel by copy and pasting my comments.. Going to have to start charging for these dude, you can't live only by stealing from other people, what do you think you are, israeli!?
03 February 2015, 18:53
103
May 2008 fight was started by m14 anonyme, get your facts straight. Oh wait, i forgot who i was talking to. Sorry, please continue making up stories, don't let me disturb you with facts I know how much you hate them.
03 February 2015, 19:05
310
Oh look the iranian propaganda department is out on duty again.
yes of course May 2008 was started by M14 when they came on TV waving their fingers and said "We will defend our weapons with weapons". Go peddle your iranian propaganda on Manar.
03 February 2015, 17:21
84
Because Naharnet backs these terrorists, just like they literally call Al Nusra and ISIS "democratized opressed rebels"
03 February 2015, 11:18
85
where are the weapons for our LAF?!!!!!
god bless our army
god bless democracy
03 February 2015, 14:18
102
Just as Al Jazzera asked that their journalists not call the paris attackers terrorists but criminals! Criminals rob old women's hand bags, rob banks and do general crime... Terrorists act for the only reason but to cause terror and kill in the act of their insane belief that God wants death and hatred!
03 February 2015, 18:40
38
"when qatar does well, it is thanked"
You mean when Qatar rebuilds South Lebanon, we stop calling them takfiri-creators and thank them for their donations...
03 February 2015, 19:00
28
http://www.bintjbeil.com/articles/2007/en/0408-macleod.html
Enjoy.
03 February 2015, 18:38
34
Ain el-Sahel lmaoooooooooooooo that's a good one. Texas, you gotta give this guy credit. He already did biographies on the M8ers, I guess he's doing them for M14ers too...
03 February 2015, 18:56
39
Flamey, you pretend not to see the ones about you and your "allies", but when it's about your enemies you praise it. Such a hypocrite.
03 February 2015, 18:58
37
He should've said you were sending Hezbollah's drug money to Lebanese Canadian Bank... lol
03 February 2015, 23:31
03
Comments on ISIS killing savages:
So what's going on in their heads?:
" ...Ok comrades, we are done with Letter "J" Japan?.DONE, Jordan? Done.... noo wait do we have anyone from Jamaica in our hands? Damn ...
Alright, lets Jump to Letter "L".....
