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Name: Islamist Rebels (Lebanon)

Type: Polity

Start: 2014 AD

End: 2014 AD

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Islamist rebels in the spillover of the Syrian Civil War in Lebanon.

Establishment


  • August 2014: On 2 August 2014, after Lebanese security forces arrested an al-Nusra Front commander, fighters from al-Nusra Front and ISIL surrounded Lebanese Army checkpoints in Arsal before attacking them and storming the northeastern town's police station, where they took at least 16 policemen hostage. The militants then proceeded to take control of the town.
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    1. Arab Spring


    Initially a series of anti-government protests and revolts across the Arab world, it soon evolved into a series of wars. The wars caused by the revolts are sometimes referred to as the Arab Winter.

    1.1.Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon

    Between 2011 and 2017, fighting from the Syrian Civil War spilled over into Lebanon as opponents and supporters of the Syrian Arab Republic traveled to Lebanon to fight and attack each other on Lebanese soil.

  • August 2014: Battle of Arsal.

  • Disestablishment


  • August 2014: Battle of Arsal.
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