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MADRID 27 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Lebanese Army reported this Thursday that one of its soldiers was injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a patrol that was carrying out a reconnaissance mission in the Wadi al Aswad area, outside Yanta Rashaya. , near the border with Syria.
“Members of the patrol responded to sources of fire and a confrontation occurred during which one of the soldiers was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment. Military units deployed in the sector have taken strict security measures and The necessary follow-up of the incident is being carried out,” reads a statement.
Since the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime at the beginning of the month, the Lebanese Army has intensified its presence along the Syrian border in order to deter illegal leaks and smuggling, as reported by the newspaper ‘L’. Orient le Jour’.