Lebanese Army captures strategic hill on the Syrian border

On Friday morning, the Lebanese Army carried out a vicious assault on the militants from the Al-Qaeda linked “Al-Nusra Front” and the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) in the area of Jaroud ‘Arsaal, capturing the imperative Khaled Hill (Tal Khaled) after almost 4 hours of non-stop violence between these opposing forces.

However, despite the Lebanese Army’s success at Tal Khaled, contingents from ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front ambushed the Lebanese Army at the Raas Ba’albak Mountains, killing 2 soldiers before the Lebanese Army’s Central Command lost contact with the remaining men. According to a Lebanese Army source, the Central Command has yet to receive word on the fate of the soldiers in Raas Ba’albak.