Conflict Incident Report

Wanted person arrested in Old Souks – Tripoli

Associated Timeline/Case:

Tripoli Clashes (starting June 20, 2014)

Date of incident:

April 13, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

ISF(internal security forces)

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

On 13 Apr 15, in Old Souks – Tripoli, Internal Security Forces (ISF) arrested a Syrian national Ahmad Mohammad Abdo, also known as Abu Mousaab, following investigations into Sheikh Khaled Hoblos who was arrested in Tripoli Thursday. The detainee is suspected of aiding Hoblos in recruiting young men from Tripoli and North Lebanon to fight in Syria. The suspect is also accused of organizing a number of operations that targeted Lebanese Army Forces in the town of Bhenin, where Hoblos headed an anti-Army militia. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Apr-13/294270-police-...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Classification of conflict (primary):

Power & governance conflicts

Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Border conflicts (Syrian border)

Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.

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Conflict Incident Report

Wanted person arrested in Old Souks – Tripoli