Several Terrorists Killed, Wounded in Army Shelling on Outskirts of Arsal

Several terrorists were killed and a number of others were wounded overnight after the army shelled their positions in the outskirts of the northeastern region of Arsal.

The army announced in a statement on Saturday that it had shelled the positions of terrorists on the outskirts of the town, making direct hits.

“The army stresses that it will continue its strict measures on the ground in order to protect the citizens,” it added.

“The army reserves the right to employ all means at its disposal to that end,” stressed the communique.

“It will not be lenient with the terrorist groups no matter where they are found in Lebanon and no matter how great the sacrifices,” it concluded.

Two soldiers were killed and three others wounded on Friday after their vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb in Arsal.

The attack came hours after the army arrested a Lebanese and two Syrians in the area of al-Mesyada in Arsal.

Later on Friday, the military fired heavy weapons after detecting movements by armed groups in Arsal's outskirts.

In the evening, it retaliated after being targeted by gunfire from the posts of the armed groups in Arsal's outskirts.

Arsal, close to the border with Syria, was the scene last month of a major battle between the Lebanese army and jihadists who had streamed across the frontier.

At the end of the clashes in August, the jihadists took with them soldiers and policemen as captive, and two of them have since been beheaded, while a third was executed on Friday.

M.T.

D.A.