Fierce clashes erupted Monday (January 23rd) between al-Nusra Front (ANF), now known as Fatah al-Sham Front, and the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) in the outskirts of the Bekaa Valley border town of Arsal, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
Rockets and medium-calibre weapons were being used in the fighting in al-Malahi and al-Ajram areas in Arsal's outskirts, the agency said, resulting in deaths and injuries on both sides.
Militants from the two groups are entrenched in Arsal's outskirts and in mountainous areas along the Lebanese-Syrian border, with the Lebanese army regularly shelling their posts.
