Conflict Incident Report

General Security arrested a man suspected of involvement in a terror attack carried out in Lebanon, a security source told The Daily Star.

The source said that J.M., also known as Abu Amir, was arrested in the Beddawi neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli.

No further information was available.

Meanwhile, State Security agents arrested a Palestinian in south Lebanon on charges of contacting extremist groups, a source told The Daily Star.

The source said that the Palestinian, identified as Aa.Aa., was arrested in the Sitt Nafisa neighborhood in the southern city of Sidon.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that State Security also arrested two Syrians in the Bekaa towns of Deir al-Ahmar and Btedaai who admitted to being part of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, formerly al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front.

The two arrested Syrians, Aa.R. and N.R., also admitted to fighting alongside militant groups on the outskirts of Lebanon’s eastern mountain range, the latter, known as "al-Wahesh,” holding a higher rank in Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.

Separately, a Lebanese judge Tuesday charged two unidentified suspects with belonging to Daesh (ISIS), state media also reported.

State Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged the two with seeking to join the ranks of the extremist group abroad.

The case was referred to Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghaida.

The army and security forces have been cracking down on sleeper cells as part of a comprehensive security plan since the northeastern border town of Arsal in the Bekaa Valley was briefly overrun by extremists in 2014.