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Authorities arrest Syrian for providing extremists with arms

Date of incident: 
March 16, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities arrested a Syrian in a north Lebanon border region on charges of providing extremists with arms.

The National News Agency reported that H.H. was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Bureau in Wadi Khaled.

The news agency said that the "dangerous" suspect is wanted for several arrest warrants.

He is also charged of impersonating a Syrian Army officer and attempted murder.

Jabhat Fatah al-Sham – previously known as the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front – and Daesh militants have been entrenched on the outskirts of Lebanon's northeastern border since they overran Arsal in August 2014.

The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah have pounded the extremists with artillery fire in the rugged border region on a near daily basis for more than a year to keep them at bay.

Source Link: 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Mar-16/397836-…
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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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