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Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:35 AM

Lebanese army soldiers on armoured carriers advance towards the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley as part of reinforcements August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of the three-year-old Syrian civil war into Lebanon. A dozen armoured personnel carriers were seen advancing towards the town, together with a similar number of other military vehicles including trucks and Humvees. Soldiers armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades sat atop the vehicles as they moved along the main road towards Arsal. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:34 AM

Lebanese army soldiers on military vehicles and armoured carriers advance towards the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley as part of reinforcements August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of the three-year-old Syrian civil war into Lebanon. A dozen armoured personnel carriers were seen advancing towards the town, together with a similar number of other military vehicles including trucks and Humvees. Soldiers armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades sat atop the vehicles as they moved along the main road towards Arsal. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:29 AM

Lebanese army soldiers on military vehicles and armoured carriers advance towards the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of the three-year-old Syrian civil war into Lebanon. A dozen armoured personnel carriers were seen advancing towards the town, together with a similar number of other military vehicles including trucks and Humvees. Soldiers armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades sat atop the vehicles as they moved along the main road towards Arsal. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:13 AM

Lebanese army soldiers stand at attention as mourners carry the coffin of Lieutenant Colonel Nour Eddine al-Jamal, who was killed during yesterday's fighting between Lebanese army soldiers and Islamist militants in Arsal, during his funeral in the Sunni Beirut district of Tariq al-Jadideh August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced into a border town that was attacked by Islamists in an incursion from Syria at the weekend, finding the bodies of 50 militants, a Lebanese security official said. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY OBITUARY)

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:49 AM

Women stand on a balcony as they mourn the death of Lieutenant Colonel Nour Eddine al-Jamal who was killed during yesterday's fighting between Lebanese army soldiers and Islamist militants in Arsal, during his funeral in the Sunni Beirut district of Tariq al-Jadideh August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced into a border town that was attacked by Islamists in an incursion from Syria at the weekend, finding the bodies of 50 militants, a Lebanese security official said. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY OBITUARY)

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:48 AM

Lebanese army soldiers stand in attention as mourners carry the coffin of Lieutenant Colonel Nour Eddine al-Jamal who was killed during yesterday's fighting between Lebanese army soldiers and Islamist militants in Arsal, during his funeral in the Sunni Beirut district of Tariq al-Jadideh August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced into a border town that was attacked by Islamists in an incursion from Syria at the weekend, finding the bodies of 50 militants, a Lebanese security official said. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY MILITARY)

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:45 AM

Relatives mourn during an official ceremony outside the military hospital in Beirut to pay tribute to the death of Lieutenant Colonel Nour Eddine al-Jamal who was killed during yesterday's fighting between Lebanese army soldiers and Islamist militants in Arsal, August 4, 2014. The Lebanese army advanced into a border town that was attacked by Islamists in an incursion from Syria at the weekend, finding the bodies of 50 militants, a Lebanese security official said. REUTERS/Hussam Shebaro (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

Tue, 5 Aug 2014 08:42 AM

At least 13 Lebanese soldiers have been killed in the fighting, which erupted after the Lebanese forces arrested a commander of the Nusra Front