(MENAFN- QNA) The Lebanese Army killed five militants in northeastern border town of Arsal, while they were attempting to sneak between Arsal and its outskirts, the Army said in a statement Wednesday.
The corpses were handed over to the concerned authorities to take the appropriate measures, the Lebanese News Agency (NNA) quoted the Army as saying in he statement.
A security source identified the militants as members of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, one of the insurgent groups fighting in the Syrian civil war.
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