BEIRUT (Reuters) - Eight Lebanese soldiers were killed in clashes with Islamist militants that began on Saturday in and around the town of Arsal near the Syrian border and continued overnight, the army said on Sunday.
Earlier Lebanese security officials said that at least 11 militants and three civilians had been killed in the fighting and that around 16 members of the security forces had been taken hostage. [ID:nL6N0Q80PX]
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