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WorldPosted at: Feb 3 2016 6:12PM


Lebanese army kills 6, arrests 16 militants in border town

BEIRUT, Feb 3 (Reuters) Lebanon's army killed six gunmen and arrested 16 suspected militants, including a commander from the Islamic State group, in a raid in the town of Arsal near the border with Syria today, it said.
An army statement said soldiers carried out a special operation against what it called a terrorist cell that was planning to attack army posts and kidnap people in Arsal.
Another army unit stormed an IS-run field hospital in the same area and detained 16 militants, it said, including a man named Ahmad Noun who was described as a "dangerous terrorist".
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