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Top IS operative killed in Lebanon

Xinhua, April 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

Lebanese authorities said Thursday that a top Islamic State (IS) operative has been killed in a military raid in a town bordering Syria.

The IS operative, identified as Nayef Shaalan, was killed in the operation in the northeastern border town of Arsal, the army said in a statement.

One of Shaalan's bodyguards was killed and another arrested in the operation, the National News Agency reported.

Lebanon has been battling extremists near the border with Syria since August 2014, when the IS and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front briefly overran the border town. Endit