Lebanon

The Army shelled terrorist positions in Arsal and killed a number of militants. The Al Nusrah Front claimed a suicide car bombing on a Hezbollah checkpoint in Khreibeh near the Syrian border that reportedly killed three people and destroyed a cannon. Al Nusrah released a video of its execution of a captive Lebanese soldier, and threatened to kill a captive Lebanese policeman. The Army arrested two suspected militants in Arsal. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said terrorists holding captive Lebanese security forces are seeking to incite Sunni-Shia strife.

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