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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests ISIS top figure, kills three gunmen

Date of incident: 
October 23, 2014
Death toll: 
3persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Army intelligence managed to apprehend terrorist Ahmad Salim Mikati in a critical security operation in Doniyeh, after it raided the apartment he occupied with other terrorists, a communiqué by the army's Guidance Directorate indicated on Thursday.
Three gunmen were killed and one soldier was slightly wounded during the operation.
Mikati, AKA Abu Bakr or Abu al-Hoda, born 1968, is considered as a top ISIS figure in the north region. He has established cells linked to the organization in the region. He was also planning to carry out a huge terrorist act in coordination with his son who is currently fighting alongside ISIS in Arsal. Moreover, the man had connections with ISIS leaders inside Syria, whereby he has recently sent Lebanese young men to join fighters in Qalamoun outskirts, among whom his nephew, Bilal Omar Mikati, involved in the beheading of army martyr Ali Sayyed.

Furthermore, the arrested was found involved in the events in Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, whereby he led a group of tens of gunmen after he got out of prison in 2010 where he served a six-year sentence for planning for a terrorist attack against foreign diplomatic interests.
His name was also linked to the explosions that hit McDonalds in 2003. He had also participated in Doniyeh events against the army in 1999.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35256/Army-arrests-ISIS-top-figur...

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.