27–30 August 2014: Fighting along the Syrian border spills into Lebanon again, with Syrian airstrikes and pitched battles in the Bekaa Valley, which also forced the Lebanese army to participate, one soldier was killed and another wounded.[82] 21 September 2014: Three Hezbollah fighters were killed in a suicide attack on their checkpoint near the village of Khreibeh in the Bekaa Valley.[83] 5–6 October 2014: Al-Nusra Front militants attacked Hezbollah positions outside the village of Brital in the Bekaa Valley.