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 three weeks ago. The Aarsal area is a mainly Sunni enclave within Leba**n's largely Shiite Bekaa valley region and hosts tens of thousands of Sunni refugees from neighbouring Syria. Troops clashed with Syrian rebels in the area on August 2 after the
army detained a leading jihadist.
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