Conflict Incident Report

Army intelligence raids pro Assir Sheikh residence

Date of incident:

October 28, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

Armed militants

Lebanese Civilians

The Lebanese Army intelligence services raided on Tuesday the house of a pro-Assir Sheikh in Sairoub - Sidon's eastern suburbs.
The army inspected the suspect's garden -- after rumors on ammunition and weapons buried in the ground -- and found nothing there.
It is to note that Ahmed Al-Assir is a Lebanese fugitive Salafist Sunni Muslim Sheikh and former Imam of the Bilal Bin Rabah mosque in Sidon, who was in a battle against the Lebanese Army along with other terrorist men.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/35575/Army-intelligence-raids-pro...

Primary category:

Raid

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.

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Army intelligence raids pro Assir Sheikh residence