BEIRUT: Army Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi Wednesday vowed to hunt down Islamist militants during a visit to the families of two soldiers killed during the four-day military offensive against jihadists in north Lebanon that ended Monday.

“There will be no compromise or truce with the soldier-killers,” Kahwagi said in remarks carried by the state-run National News Agency.

He reiterated the Army’s position against striking any deal with militants, insisting that the clashes ended after the jihadists crumbled, and not because of a secret agreement.

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