Lebanese Army Possess Reconnaissance Planes to Deter Border Infiltrations
The United Stated provided Lebanon with sophisticated reconnaissance airplanes that enabled its army to closely monitor the mobility of militants on the outskirts of Lebanese regions, the Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) said on Saturday.
The planes enable the army to prevent the militants from infiltrating the porous Lebanese border with Syria, reports said.
It added that this type of planes have enabled the army recently to monitor the reactions of armed groups after the killing of a top Islamic State group in army raids.
The Lebanese army killed on Thursday IS figure Nayef al-Shaalan and his bodyguard during a raid on the outskirts of the northeastern border down of Arsal.
The dead official goes by nom de guerre of Abou Fawz, and his bodyguard as Ahmed Mroueh.
Their death came during a special operation carried out by the military in Wadi al-Hosn during which troops arrested another bodyguard named Mohammed Mousalli and several others, NNA said.
The army has been battling extremists near the border with Syria since the IS and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front overran Arsal in August 2014.
Source: Naharnet
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