23 June 2013
⚔The Battle of Abra
South Lebanon#Jihadist groups
AttackerArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)➜TargetLebanese Army
On 23 and 24 June 2013 the army fought the group of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir in Abra (Sidon) after its attack on an army checkpoint; 18 soldiers and some 30 gunmen were killed, and Assir fled until his arrest in August 2015.