Gunfire Erupts in Arsal after Syrian Shot and Wounded

Syrian national Amir Durra was wounded on Friday when unknown assailants opened fire at him in the Bekaa border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported.

He was transferred to the al-Rahma field hospital, it said.

“The sounds of gunfire are still being heard in the town and the reasons are still unknown,” the agency added.

Militants from the Islamic State and the rival jihadist group Fateh al-Sham Front are entrenched in mountainous areas in Arsal's outskirts and along the undemarcated Lebanese-Syrian border.

The Lebanese army regularly shells their posts while Hizbullah and the Syrian forces have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.

The two groups overran the eastern border town of Arsal in 2014 before being ousted by the army after days of deadly battles. The retreating militants abducted more than 30 Lebanese soldiers and policemen of whom four have been executed and nine remain in IS' captivity.