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Bekaa security plan expands, suspects arrested

Date of incident: 
February 15, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The security plan designed for the Bekaa region has expanded on Sunday to include the town of Al Knaysseh and Nabha.

LAF and security checkpoints continued on the fourth day of the security plan to monitor Bekaa international highway and the towns of Britel, Hour Taala, Al Hammoudieh, Baalbek, Drous and Makneh.

A number of wanted people were arrested as stolen cars and a machine for counterfeit money were confiscated.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/40581/Bekaa-security-plan-expands...

NB: Please note that due to the lack of information about some of the actors involved, the latter were classified as unknown actors. Please also note that due to the unavailability of the exact location specified in the report, this security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.

Primary 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.
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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