The Lebanese military is reportedly making preparations to launch a long-awaited operation against hundreds of Daesh terrorists operating along the Syrian border.
The offensive will be launched with the help of the country’s Hezbollah resistance movement.
The operation follows Hezbollah's six-day joint offensive with the Syrian army at the highlands of Arsal bordering Syria. Lebanon’s army did not formally declare its role in the offensive, but shelled terrorist positions in the operation area.
The offensive will also involve Hezbollah resistance fighters and the Syrian military.
More than 3,000 Lebanese troops, including elite special forces, are expected to take part in the upcoming campaign to rid the border regions of Takfiri elements.
Counterterrorism mission will be discussed at a meeting of the Higher Council of Defense headed by President Michel Aoun later on Tuesday.The meeting will focus on military plans on the outskirts of the town of al-Qaa and the village of Ras Baalbeck as well as the current security situation in Lebanon.
The resistance movement later said it had accomplished the main objective of the Arsal campaign.
Lebanon’s border areas have been hardly hit by the spillover from the Syria crisis over the past few years.