State Security Foils Rocket Attack on al-Nabi Othman

State Security agents on Thursday thwarted an attempt to fire rockets at the northern Bekaa town of al-Nabi Othman, in the first such achievement by security forces in that region.

"State Security seized four rockets that were set to be fired from Arsal's outskirts towards al-Nabi Othman,” LBCI television reported.

“Boxes of explosives” were found next to the rockets, it added.

The aforementioned town had come under several rocket attacks in recent months. Several people were killed or wounded by the falling rockets.

Al-Nabi Othman was also rocked by a suicide car blast that left two Hizbullah members dead and several civilians wounded.

The attacks are usually claimed by Islamist groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Marwan Hadid Brigades and al-Nusra Front in Lebanon.

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