Summary
Militants have killed two Lebanese soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in Wadi Hmayyed in northeast Lebanon Saturday, according to a security source, as the Lebanese Army freed two troops kidnapped earlier in the area.
An unnamed Lebanese security official told Reuters late on Saturday that eleven militants killed in fighting with Lebanese Army near Syrian border.
The source said that two Army soldiers were killed when the militants attacked the checkpoint on the outskirts of the Bekaa Valley town of Arsal, while another soldier was wounded in Arsal.
Tensions have risen dramatically in the Bekaa Valley after an Army arrest of a Syrian militant sparked a standoff Saturday afternoon in Arsal, with armed men laying siege to government facilities in the border town, demanding the release of the captive.
The Lebanese Army has launched a security plan in the border region, setting up centers and checkpoints to curb the infiltration of armed groups into Lebanon.
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