Lebanese army surrounds border town, evacuates refugees

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* Mediators claim progress, say 3 soldiers released * Saudi kings gives $1 bln to Lebanese army * Mayor of Arsal says civilians are suffering * Doctor, offical say some militants have fled * Refugees say bodies lying in streets (Updates with truce extension, adds Syrian Observatory death toll) By Samia Nakhoul ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ARSAL, Leba**n Aug 6 (Reuters) - L eba**n's army surrounded a border town occupied by Islamist militants on Wednesday as mediators reported progress in negotiations to end to the most serious spillover of Syria's civil war yet onto Lebanese soil. Soldiers arrested men and evacuated refugees from the hill town of Arsal on the border with Syria.

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