Five Soldiers Injured in Arsal Blast
Five soldiers were injured in a blast that targeted an army tank in Ras al-Sarj in the eastern border town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency said on Friday.
Gunfire was later heard in the area and the army deployed heavily, NNA added.
It added that the troops engaged in heavy clashes with the gunmen in the Khalaf al-Jafar area in Arsal.
Afterwards, the army raided the refugee encampments close to the site of the explosion.
Al-Jadeed TV said that the bomb was planted on the side of the road.
The explosion came a day after a suicide bomber killed several people there when he entered a meeting of Syrian clerics and detonated an explosive belt.
Arsal lies along Lebanon's border with Syria and is a Sunni Muslim enclave in mainly Shiite eastern Lebanon. It hosts many Syrian refugees as well as rebel fighters in the surrounding countryside.
The town was the scene of fierce fighting in August 2014 between Lebanese security forces and jihadists of Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State group.
As they withdrew from Arsal, the jihadists took dozens of Lebanese police and soldiers hostage and still hold them in the hilly terrain on the town's outskirts.
In October, eight people were killed and others wounded when Lebanon's army targeted militant positions along the mountainous eastern border.
over 8 years
sorry mowaten but your sense of humor is not appreciated at this moment when the LAF are incurring casualties.
over 8 years
that's terrible, but again it is typical alawite behavior.
over 8 years
you remind me mowaten of a fake poster called moderate.beheader :D
over 8 years
being a fake poster yourself, you must know about it.
over 8 years
I am not a fake poster. I read naharnet and sometimes I post as a guest. Could you explain how you got 12 votes for such a silly comment if you are not a fake poster with a multitude of accounts?
over 8 years
OMG!!!! Every article I read I find you mowaten trolling, spamming, and making bad taste jokes. What kind of a human being are you? Every day new evidence surfaces you are paid to post, but the question you need to answer is who pays you?.... is it the iranian embassy.... is it the syrian intelligence.... is it the ex-KGB? I demand answers and Now!
over 8 years
your comments are ever so interesting
over 8 years
could you please point me to one single "not" boring comment that you have made since you registered this face account of yours? Practice what you preach
over 8 years
Israel, hezbollah, mowaten and russia are the only 4 countries working to defend lebanon at the moment..... the rest pfffft.
over 8 years
if they are not free to come and go then how did they get their tank blown up? btw, you are a troll and not a genuine registered poster.
over 8 years
God Speed ya Watani! Defenders of The Lebanon! All Lebanese citizens praise your dedication and service to our safety! God bless every member of the LAF and the internal security forces!
over 8 years
51 minutes ago Al-Jadeed: The army is targeting militant activity in Arsal's outskirts with multiple rocket launchers.
must be the rocket launchers hezballah and iran gave the LAF
must have been a moderate bomb, planted by moderate CIA-backed terrorists.