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40 suspects in Arsal attack have Daesh and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ties
Forty suspects arrested following the attacks in Arsal have Daesh (ISIS) and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ties, a senior Lebanese security source told The Daily Star.
“It transpires that out of the 355 [persons who were detained], there are 40 who are directly connected to Daesh and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham,” the military source said. The rest of the detainees have now been released, he added.
The 40 detainees with militant links will be held for further questions and referred to the judiciary, the source said.
The news came as Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said that investigations into individuals detained last week in the aftermath of the attacks would be brief and the detainees’ fates will soon become clear.
Speaking to Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath TV channel, Machnouk said that no Syrian refugee would be repatriated without international guarantees.
“The Arsal investigations will not take long,” the interior minister said in an interview with the channel. He added: “There is no target against Syrian refugees.”
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