Conflict Incident Report

Army: Intelligence arrests Lebanese individualfor smuggling ISIL members

Date of incident:

April 13, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

Lebanese Military Intelligence

Lebanese Civilians

NNA - Lebanese Army Command's Orientation Directorate on Monday issued a communiqué saying that the intelligence department referred to the competent judicial authority Lebanese Hussein Habib Shukr who was arrested on April 13, 2016 in Baalbak for smuggling people between Syria and Lebanon and belonging to Daesh terrorist organization as investigations with him unveiled.

Shukr was also discovered to trade in weapons.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/60167/Army-Intelligence-refers-Lebane...

Primary category:

Arms Storage/Smuggling

Secondary Category:

Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling

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.

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Army: Intelligence arrests Lebanese individualfor smuggling ISIL members