Lebanese troops clashed with
Gunmen Thursday in a mainly Sunni Muslim area
Near the Syrian
Border where there was deadly fighting with rebels from over the frontier in early August. Hundreds of terrified civilians fled the town of Aarsal, a mainly Sunni enclave within Leba**n's largely Shiite Bekaa Valley which is hosting tens of thousands of Sunni refugees from Syria. An AFP correspondent reported that the fighting was still raging in late after**on, with troops shelling the
Gunmen who had taken up positions on the outskirts of Aarsal. The military said in a statement that the fighting erupted when an
Army vehicle with five soldiers on board was ambushed at around 11:00 am.
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