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General Security: Cell of four Lebanese affiliated to terrorist organization arrested

Date of incident: 
January 13, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
General Security

In the framework of its follow-up on the activities of terrorist groups and sleeper cells affiliated to them, and after qualitative monitoring, the General Directorate of General Security arrested, as per the signal of the public prosecutor, four Lebanese who had formed a cell linked to a terrorist organization and acting in its favor.
During their interrogation, one of the Lebanese arrestees nicknamed "Abu Yazeed" admitted his support to a terrorist organization and his recruitment of many young men to work for the benefit of the said organization, including the other three arrested men, who all confessed to what was attributed to them, mainly to their attempts to spread the diffuse of the organization through the Internet and social media outlets so as to attract young people and induce them into joining the ranks of the organization. He also confessed to preparing to travel to the city of Raqqa in Syria, via Turkey, to join the fighting in the ranks of the organization.

After the conclusion of the investigation, the four arrestees were referred to the competent court, and work is underway to arrest the rest of the people involved."

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Source Link: 
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/73827/General-Security-Cell-of…
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.