8 Dead, Many Hurt as 'Rocket' Hits Arsal Outskirts Encampments
Eight people were killed and many wounded on Monday when the Lebanese army targeted militant positions along the eastern border with war-torn Syria, security sources told AFP.
"The Lebanese army targeted militants on the border" with Syria, a security source said.
A separate security source said a "helicopter fired a missile at takfiri positions in Wadi Hmeid," on the eastern outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal.
He said eight people were killed and "a large number" of others wounded, but he could not say if the dead were militants or civilians.
Earlier in the day, state-run National News Agency said four people were killed and ten others wounded as a blast ripped through Syrian refugee encampments near the amusement park in Wadi Hmeid.
LBCI television meanwhile quoted a military source as saying that the blast was the result of a Lebanese army strike against a vehicle for the armed groups.
Security sources denied the camps were hit.
Another security source told AFP that earlier on Monday a mortar shell crashed outside a Lebanese army border post on the outskirts of Arsal, without causing any casualties.
The army frequently shells the militants' positions in the border area, while Hizbullah fighters have confronted them on the Syrian side.
The border area is also home to informal Syrian refugee camps largely beyond the reach of authorities or aid agencies.
In August 2014, Islamic State and Nusra Front militants seized some 20 Lebanese soldiers and police officers during a brief cross-border raid on the town of Arsal. The extremists have executed four of them and are still holding the rest.
Y.R.
19 October 2015, 16:16
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The Army enters Arsal and quickly retreats. The Army is not allowed to stay in Arsal. Mosstaqbal and S3oodi orders. You're welcome.
19 October 2015, 16:24
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فقدت ميليشيات حزب الله اللبنانية قيادياً جديداً في المعارك الدائرة بسوريا، بعد أيام قليلة من مقتل القيادي العسكري، أبو محمد الإقليم.
ونعت الميليشيات محمد حسن صفا، الملقب أبو حسندون، وهو قريب للمسؤول الأمني في حزب الله، وفيق صفا، ومن بلدته ميفدون قرب مدينة النبطية الجنوبية.
19 October 2015, 16:51
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Good Riddance
I hope this sectarian evil terrorist did not suffer too much.......:)
19 October 2015, 18:40
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yiiiii yaaaaaay youuuuuuuuy the lebanese army is inviting the takfiris in lebanon! you dont understand, the only way is geagea way, burry your hand in the sand and pretend they're not there
19 October 2015, 19:21
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I demand to know who pays you to post mowaten and for what exact purpose? Is it propaganda? Is it spamming? Is it what? I find you on every article from sunrise till sunset! I demand answers and Now!
19 October 2015, 19:23
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement "yiiiii yaaaaaay youuuuuuuuy ". Thank you Thank you
19 October 2015, 17:31
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أعلنت مصادر إيرانية مقتل العقيد مسلم خيزاب، قائد كتيبة "يا زهراء" التابعة لفيلق الامام الحسين، في الحرس الثوري الايراني، مسلم خيزاب، قتل في شمال غربي سوريا، إثر اشتباكات مع عناصر مسلحة.
19 October 2015, 18:29
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Why is it that everytime the army kills takfiris, they get no praise or anything from March 14.
Seems like Roukoz influence still rests in the Armed Forces.
19 October 2015, 19:23
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Last time I checked, it was the Lebanese army that controlled Southern Lebanon and also the checkpoints in Dahieh, all those areas you people call "Hezbollah Strongholds".
Nobody in the Resistance are holding the army back, because they are one.
They are both fighting for the same purposes against the takfiris and zionists.
Woops texas, did you forget about the TOS-1 system? That March 14 cancelled under pressure from the U.S?
That was a very advanced system that we lost, because of your beloved Americans not wanting the Russians to have influence in the Armed forces.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/167916
19 October 2015, 19:30
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If you like Roukoz so much, then how come March 14 didn't want to promote him Commander in Chief?
Don't use Aoun as an excuse, we both know that Roukoz was a dedicated soldier despite the politics.
19 October 2015, 19:34
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don't use any excuses, we both know it is a martyred iranian jihadist terrorist family in your avatar.
19 October 2015, 16:50
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20 minutes ago Security source to AFP: A Lebanese army helicopter fired a missile at takfiri positions in Wadi Hmeid, killing eight and wounding a large number of individuals.
The hellfire missile must have been in the 8th missing box that mowaten said was never delivered as part of the rusty Saudi arms deal donation.
19 October 2015, 17:07
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Like clockwork... it is 5 p.m and the usual trolls are on duty.
19 October 2015, 17:37
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Israel and Hezbollah are the only two countries working for Lebanon and Syria's interests..... the rest pfffft.
