Army Destroys Vehicle Transporting Jihadists on Arsal Outskirts

The Lebanese army destroyed on Saturday a vehicle transporting gunmen on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said in the army's operation took place in Khirbet Daoud.

The threat of jihadists, deployed on the porous Lebanese-Syrian border, rose a year ago when al-Nusra Front and Islamic State group fighters overran Arsal and engaged in heavy battles with the army.

The gunmen took with them hostages from the military and police and later executed four of them.

Since then, the jihadists are carrying out several infiltration attempts but troops, which are heavily deployed in the area, are confronting them.