Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man accused of smuggling people into Lebanon

Date of incident:

August 28, 2018

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Internal Security Forces (ISF)

A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly smuggling people, including eight Syrian nationals, into Lebanon, the Internal Security Forces said in a statement.

The smuggler, identified as Syrian national M.Aa., was stopped in the western Bekaa town of Suweiri. The ISF has previously caught numerous smugglers and Syrians who entered the country unofficially in the town.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Aug-28/461492-…

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):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

Back to map

You are here

Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man accused of smuggling people into Lebanon