BAALBEK, Lebanon: Five soldiers were wounded and at least three jihadi militants killed Thursday in clashes on Lebanon's northeastern border with Syria, security sources and the Army said.
A source told The Daily Star that an officer and four troops were lightly to moderately wounded when a rocket fired by militants crashed near their vehicle on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Ras Baalbek, hours after the military launched a preemptive operation.
Security sources said the rocket was launched around midday after the bodies of three jihadis were found during the military offensive against Syria-based militant hilltop positions in the same area.