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Two Lebanese arrested for ties to Daesh

Date of incident: 
April 10, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
General Security
Lebanese Civilians
Islamic State (IS); Daech *

General Security arrested two Lebanese over their ties to Daesh (ISIS) and for working at the behest of the extremist group in Lebanon, the directorate announced.

It is not clear when the suspects, identified by their initials S.R and M.T., were detained.

The statement said that the two suspects admitted during questioning to forming a terror organization led by Aa.S., along with several accomplices, with the aim of recruiting new men to join the group in neighboring Syria.

The suspects also confessed to establishing an armed group and training its members to announce an "Islamic emirate" in north Lebanon.

S.R. said he had pledged allegiance to Daesh before a Lebanese suspect identified as A.B., adding that he had been tasked with monitoring the movements of a security official in Lebanon with the aim of assassinating him in September 2014.

He is also charged with having smuggled weapons between neighborhoods in Tripoli in 2014.

Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk launched in 2014 a successful operation in the city of Tripoli to end the repeated rounds of clashes. Tripoli has witnessed twenty rounds of Syria-linked clashes between the majority-Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood and the predominantly-Alawite Jabal Mohsen.

Meanwhile, M.T. confessed to swearing loyalty to Daesh in 2015 in front of the aforementioned A.B, before undergoing military training, through which he learned to use hand grenades, as well as light and medium weaponry.

The two were referred to the judiciary to stand trial.

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.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Source Link: 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Apr-10/401374-…
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.