2 Militants Dead as Army Stops Infiltration Attempt

Local Editor

The Lebanese army had thwarted an attempt by gunmen to infiltrate Lebanese territories in the eastern Bekaa Valley, leaving two militants dead, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.

Two militants were killed and five injured in the areas of al-Misyada and Wadi Hmeid in an ambush on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal.

The army transported the two bodies to Hermel's state hospital.

Later, the military shelled the positions of gunmen on the outskirts of Arsal and Ras Baalbek.

Furthermore, the militants from al-Nusra Front and the "ISIL" Takfiri group are taking the porous Lebanese-Syrian border as a hiding place.

Their threat rose in August last year when they overran Arsal and took with them hostages from the military and police following deadly clashes.

They have since executed four of them.

The army regularly clashes with the militants and thwarts their attempts to infiltrate Arsal.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team