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Conflict Incident Report

Five Daesh sympathizers arrested

Date of incident: 
August 8, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Military Intelligence
Islamic State (IS); Daech *

Army Intelligence arrested the five people suspected of having links with Daech, after raiding an informal refugee settlement in Masharih al-Qaa.

They were taken to a military barracks in the area for investigation.

Masharih al-Qaa is an area that falls under the Al-Qaa local authority. Most of the Syrian refugees in the area live in Masharih al-Qaa, a settlement on the outskirts.

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.