Two Lebanese soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in clashes with fugitives during raids in eastern Lebanon, the national news agency has reported.
The army confirmed the deaths in a statement posted to X, identifying the soldiers as First Adjutant Bilal Al Baradei, 44, and Corporal Ali Haidar, 32.
The soldiers were killed on Tuesday in clashes with fugitives after the army conducted a raid on Al Sharawneh neighbourhood in Baalbek. The district is known for harbouring wanted people, flouting state authority and running much of Lebanon's illicit drugs and weapons trades.
A wanted person who had opened fire on the troops was killed in the clashes, said t
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