42 Lebanese civilians dead

A medical official says 42 civilians have died while over 400 are wounded in clashes between the military and fighters from ISIS and Al Qaeda branch the Al-Nusra Front for control of the border town of Arsal. Lebanese Red Cross official Abdullah Zogheib says medics have evacuated 42 wounded people after the rebels retreat, mostly women and children:

Most of them had very serious wounds. They had been shot by bullets, some in the head, and there were amputees from shell fire