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Lebanon: Army Launches Anti-Terror Operation near Syrian Border

Lebanon: Army Launches Anti-Terror Operation near Syrian Border
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The Lebanese military launched an offensive against Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] terrorists in eastern Lebanese territory along the border with Syria.

Lebanon: Army Launches Anti-Terror Operation near Syrian Border

Lebanese Army Chief General Joseph Aoun announced the start of the operation, dubbed Outskirts Dawn, on Saturday morning.

A Lebanese security source also said that the army was now targeting Daesh positions close to the village of Ras Baalbek in eastern Lebanon with rockets, artillery, and helicopter gunfire.

The military campaign began with an attack on the terrorists' positions in the Western Qalamoun Outskirts region from the north, south, and east.

Separately on Saturday, Hezbollah announved the beginning of a joint operation with the Syrian army inside Syrian territory, according to al-Manar TV station. Earlier this month, reports said that the Lebanese army was making preparations for that assault with the help of Hezbollah and the Syrian military.

The Associated Press reported that more than 3,000 Lebanese troops, including elite Special Forces, would take part in the campaign inside Syria.

In recent years, terrorists infiltrated into Lebanon's border areas from inside Syria.

Some 400 Daesh terrorists are holed up in areas on the Lebanese side of the frontier, while hundreds more are on the Syrian side, according to Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk.

Last month, Hezbollah concluded a joint counter-terrorism campaign with the Syrian Army at Lebanon's highlands of Arsal.

The militants of the al-Nusra Front group withdrew from Arsal following a series of consecutive defeats that forced them to agree to a ceasefire deal.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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