Notheast Lebanon blast kills 8, wounds 11 more
An explosion in northeast Lebanon has killed at least eight people in what some reports have described as an army rocket attack on militants positions.
Lebanese sources said Monday that 11 people were wounded in the blast on the outskirts of the restive town of Arsal, which is located near the Lebanese-Syrian border.
A security source told the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star that most of the casualties were militants operating in Wadi Hmayed, near the town of al-Malahi, east of Arsal.
The report said an investigation has been launched into the incident. Police and security forces have cordoned off the area where the blast occurred.
The al-Mayadeen TV said the blast targeted a group of Takfiri militants. It said several militants were killed and injured in the incident.
Other sources said it was an attack on the militants as part of the Lebanese army’s larger offensive on terrorist groups holed out on the outskirts of Arsal.
"The Lebanese army targeted militants on the border" with Syria, a security source told AFP.
Another security source said a "helicopter fired a missile at Takfiri positions in Wadi Hmeid."
For months, the Lebanese army has been carrying out operations around Arsal, where thousands of militants of the Takfiri group Nusra Front, known for its terrorist activities in neighboring Syria, as well as members of the Daesh terror group, are believed to be operating in the area.
The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has also been involved in an anti-militant operation in the neighboring mountainous region of Qalamoun, with the group claiming that it has retaken numerous positions from the Nusra militants and other militant groups.
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