Lebanese Army clashes with Palestinian militants in Bekaa
Two people were wounded in clashes Wednesday between the Lebanese Army and pro-Syrian Palestinian militants near the Syrian border while a soldier was kidnapped and held for several hours, according to Lebanese police. The soldier, Khaled Ibrahim, was snatched and then freed by members of the Damascus-based group Fatah-Intifada headed by Palestinian militant Abu Mussa, the police said. Abu Fadi Hammad, the group’s representative in Lebanon, said one militant was wounded in the clashes and that the detained soldier had been returned to the army. Full Story