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Deadly blast rocks Lebanon’s Arsal
BEIRUT – A deadly explosion has targeted a meeting of Muslim clerics in Arsal, leaving at least four people dead in the latest violent incident to rock the border town.
Lebanon’s state National News Agency reported early Thursday afternoon that the blast went off during a gathering of sheikhs, mostly Syrian, at the Qalamoun Scholars Committee headquarters in the town’s commercial market.
The religious committee—which focuses on Syrian refugee issues in the border town—has served as a mediator seeking the release of Lebanese servicemen captured last year in Arsal by the Al-Nusra Front.
Qalamoun Muslim Committee chief Sheikh Othman Mansour, a Syrian national, was critically injured by the explosion, according to local media reports.
The nature of the blast remains unknown, with the NNA reporting that the blast ripped through a motorcycle outside the Committee’s headquarters. Lebanon’s state news agency earlier said that the remains of a purported suicide bomber had been taken to a local hospital.
The Lebanese Armed Forces have yet to issue an official statement on the matter, while Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked security forces to conduct a preliminary investigation into the blast.
Lebanon’s army had rushed to the scene of the explosion to set up a security perimeter, while local residents and rescue teams worked to remove the rubble and pull out bodies.
Arsal has borne the brunt of the spillover of Syria’s conflict into Lebanon, with a number of violent attacks rocking the border town that hosts more refugees than Lebanese nationals.
In past years, Syrian helicopters conducted a number of airstrikes on the outskirts of the town, which has also been hit by rocket attacks. Militants have also conducted ambushes against the Lebanese army in the town.
The most serious violence to beset the town came in August 2014, when Syrian Islamists conducted a cross-border rain, taking dozens of security personnel during 5-days of fierce battles.
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/deadly-blast-rocks-lebanon%E2%80%99s-arsal
An explosion targeted a meeting of the Qalamoun Scholars Committee.
BEIRUT – A deadly explosion has targeted a meeting of Muslim clerics in Arsal, leaving at least four people dead in the latest violent incident to rock the border town.
Lebanon’s state National News Agency reported early Thursday afternoon that the blast went off during a gathering of sheikhs, mostly Syrian, at the Qalamoun Scholars Committee headquarters in the town’s commercial market.
The religious committee—which focuses on Syrian refugee issues in the border town—has served as a mediator seeking the release of Lebanese servicemen captured last year in Arsal by the Al-Nusra Front.
Qalamoun Muslim Committee chief Sheikh Othman Mansour, a Syrian national, was critically injured by the explosion, according to local media reports.
The nature of the blast remains unknown, with the NNA reporting that the blast ripped through a motorcycle outside the Committee’s headquarters. Lebanon’s state news agency earlier said that the remains of a purported suicide bomber had been taken to a local hospital.
The Lebanese Armed Forces have yet to issue an official statement on the matter, while Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked security forces to conduct a preliminary investigation into the blast.
Lebanon’s army had rushed to the scene of the explosion to set up a security perimeter, while local residents and rescue teams worked to remove the rubble and pull out bodies.
Arsal has borne the brunt of the spillover of Syria’s conflict into Lebanon, with a number of violent attacks rocking the border town that hosts more refugees than Lebanese nationals.
In past years, Syrian helicopters conducted a number of airstrikes on the outskirts of the town, which has also been hit by rocket attacks. Militants have also conducted ambushes against the Lebanese army in the town.
The most serious violence to beset the town came in August 2014, when Syrian Islamists conducted a cross-border rain, taking dozens of security personnel during 5-days of fierce battles.
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/deadly-blast-rocks-lebanon%E2%80%99s-arsal
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