Lebanese army storms Syrian refugees’ camps in Arsal town

Al-Jazeera indicated that four of the suicide bombers struck in the al-Nour camp near the border town of Arsal, the army said. A young girl, whose parents are both refugees, was killed and three soldiers wounded, the army said.

A medical source in the provincial capital Baalbek told AFP news agency the girl was two and a half years old. Troops recovered four explosive devices during the raid, Al-Jazeera added.

“The army immediately detonated these devices in the places they were planted,” the statement said.

Another attacker blew himself up in the nearby camp of al-Qariyeh, and a second attacker threw a grenade at troops, wounding four of them. The army said its units were continuing with the raids, which are aimed at “arresting terrorists and seizing weapons,” according to Al-Jazeera.

Witnesses reported hearing intermittent bursts of gunfire in the area, Al-Jazeera said.

The wounded soldiers were airlifted to hospital by a Lebanese army helicopter, Tayyar media reported.

There have been multiple clashes along the border between the Lebanese army and hardline fighters connected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) or Al-Qaeda, Al-Jazeera concluded.