Following two days of clashes in Arsal between the Al Nusrah Front and Lebanese forces, Army Chief Kawaghi said 10 soldiers had been killed, 25 wounded, and 13 more were missing. He also said the capture of Al Nusrah commander Imad Jomaa, who was detained while putting on the “final touches” for a long-planned attack in the area, was not the triggering factor for the clashes. Residents are fleeing the battle in Arsal; the Army has sent in reinforcements. Some 20 abducted soldiers appeared in an Al Nusrah video professing their “defection” from the Army and Hezbollah. Al Nusrah also reportedly denied it was involved in the Arsal clashes.
