Conflict Incident Report

Army cracks down on wanted Lebanese for links with Daesh in Baalbek

Date of incident:

March 23, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

NNA - Lebanese army units started cracking down on two wanted Lebanese suspects for belonging to the terrorist Daesh organization and their possession of explosives and booby-trapped belts in the city Baalbek, NNA field reporter said on Wednesday.

The army is using police dogs in its crackdown operation after cordoning off Shikan and Sharawni neighborhoods.

وطنية - افادت مندوبة "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" في بعلبك وسام درويش ان القوة الضاربة في الجيش اللبناني باشرت البحث عن مطلوبين لبنانيين هما ( ع.م ) و (ح.ر.ش) ينتميان الى تنظيم داعش الارهابي وبحوزتهما متفجرات واحزمة مفخخة في مدينة بعلبك. وتستخدم للغاية كلاب بوليسية بعدما قامت بتطويق حيي الشيقان والشراونة.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/213398/

Primary category:

Raid

Secondary Category:

Arms Storage/Smuggling

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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Conflict Incident Report

Army cracks down on wanted Lebanese for links with Daesh in Baalbek