Conflict Incident Report

Army arrested 19 on links with Daesh

Date of incident:

September 15, 2017

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Military Intelligence

Islamic State (IS); Daech *

The Lebanese Army Intelligence arrested 19 people connected to a Daesh terror cell and preparing an attack.

The group was headed by Egyptian national Fadi Ibrahim Ahmad ... known as ‘Abo Khatab,’ who was hiding inside Ain al-Hilweh, plotting and preparing a terrorist act. The intelligence directory carried out several raids that led to the arrest of 19 persons connected one or another to the aforemented cell.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Sep-15/419495-…

Primary category:

Raid

Secondary 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.

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Army arrested 19 on links with Daesh

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