The Hezbollah-affiliated War Media Center reported on Monday that Hezbollah the Islamic State positions near the northeastern border.
The media center added that Hezbollah used guided missiles to target the IS field command center in the region of Shaabat al-Khabiyeh on Ras Baalbeck’s outskirts.
Several casualties among the ranks of the militants were reported.
In a sign of the tensions, SWAT teams and other teams mobilized around the city’s police headquarters after an unspecified threat. No suspect or dangerous item was located, police said, but the sweeping response showed the level of heightened alert. “As painful as this week […]
An army patrol came under gunfire Tuesday in the Baalbek district town of Dar al-Wasaa, state-run National News Agency reported. The attack prompted troops to respond in kind, which resulted in the wounding of a gunman and the arrest of five others, NNA said. The […]
Twelve Syrian nationals have been arrested on Wednesday in the northern area of Zgharta for illegal entry into Lebanon, the State-run National News Agency reported. Lebanese army patrol staged raids against encampments of Syrian refugees in the Zgharta town of Mezyara, and arrested 12 Syrians […]