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General Security: Members belonging to Daesh network arrested

Date of incident: 
January 20, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
General Security
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

General Directorate issued a communiqué in which it mentioned that the Directorate detained on Wednesday upon a notice from the concerned General Prosecution a number of persons from the Lebanese and Syrian nationalities over belonging to a terrorist organization.
The communiqué added that the Directorate detained the Lebanese (K.M) and the other members of the net who are working with him and upon investigations they confessed that they swore allegiance to Daesh terrorist organization and formed an armed group led by the Lebanese (M.S) to smuggle fighters and weapons for the organization.
Upon the end of the investigation, the detainees were referred to the concerned authorities, the communiqué said.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/55486/General-Security-Members-belong...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.