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Security forces intercepted a vehicle loaded with RPGs in Hermel and detained the driver and a passenger; and arrested 32 Syrians in refugee camps in north and east Lebanon who did not have proper identification. Syrian airstrikes targeted border areas near Al-Rawhe outside Arsal. The Arab Tawhid Party announced it was closing its offices in Syria after a number of its men who were battling alongside Druze fighters were killed in clashes in Sweida province with the Al Nusrah Front and local Bedouins. Christian Patriarchs of the Orient issued a statement deploring the silence of the Muslim world and the international community on the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, and called for action to stop the Islamic State and restore harmony.