Army Repels Militants on Arsal Outskirts
Several militants were injured after the Lebanese army clashed with fighters trying to infiltrate Lebanon through the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.
NNA said the army thwarted the attempt of the gunmen to enter Masyada and Wadi al-Hosn which lie on Arsal's outskirts after intense fighting that lasted till dawn.
The troops pushed back the militants, leaving several of them injured, the agency added.
The Islamic State extremist group and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front are taking the porous Lebanese-Syrian border as a refuge.
The gunmen clash with the army occasionally. But the major confrontation between them took place in August 2014 when they overran Arsal.
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