Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests two terror suspects in Arsal

Date of incident:

July 19, 2017

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Military Intelligence

Lebanese Civilians

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Lebanese Army arrested two suspects on terror charges in northeast Lebanon, a source told The Daily Star.

A unit from Army Intelligence apprehended two men for “involvement in terrorist acts” during a raid in Arsal, a town on the Lebanese-Syrian border, the source added.

The two suspects, identified as Syrian national Abdel-Malek Kanaan and Lebanese national Khodr Deeb al-Fleeti, also known as Khodr al-Atrash, were detained while in Fleeti's house in Arsal’s Hai al-Shafaq neighborhood around 4 p.m.

Fleeti was wanted by Lebanese authorities on charges of "assisting terrorists and trade of arms," the source said.

The Lebanese Army has been cracking down on terror suspects in pre-emptive operations against suspected extremist sleeper cells, particularly on the border area with Syria.

Militants belonging to Daesh (ISIS) and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham - formerly known as the Nusra Front - are entrenched in the mountainous region near Arsal.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jul-19/413303-…

Primary category:

Raid

Secondary Category:

Arms Storage/Smuggling

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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.

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Army arrests two terror suspects in Arsal