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IS Militant Killed in Exchange of Fire with Army in Akkar

The Lebanese army killed an Islamic State group militant in an exchange of gunfire in the northern region of Akkar, the Army Command-Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Tuesday.

“On Tuesday at 6:20 a.m. in the al-Kneisseh town in Akkar and while the army was trying to arrest Moustafa Mohammed al-Ahmed, aka Moustafa Awad, for belonging to the Islamic State group, the assailant opened gunfire at the army troops,” said the statement.

“The army was compelled to fire back at the militant which caused his death,” it added.


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