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Conflict Incident Report

ISF: Lebanese arrested over belonging to Daech

Date of incident: 
March 30, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF Intelligence Branch
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

NNA - Upon information gathered by the Information Department in the Interior Security Forces (ISF), a special force from the said department carried out a security operation and arrested the Lebanese H.A born in 1991 over belonging to Daesh, a communiqué issued by the Interior Security Forces - General Directorate- Public Relations department said. 

The communiqué added that the arrested confessed that he belongs to Daesh and communicates with members of the said organization in Syria. 

The arrested was referred to the concerned authorities. 
 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.