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General Security arrest Daesh-linked Lebanese man

Date of incident: 
July 7, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
General Security
Islamic State (IS); Daech *
al-Nusra Front
Lebanese Civilians

General Security announced the arrest of a man with links to Daesh (ISIS).

Upon questioning, Lebanese national Aa.J. confessed to having pledged allegiance to the Nusra Front initially, and later to Daesh, according to a statement from General Security. Aa.J. then joined Chadi Mawlawi and Osama Mansour’s group, and underwent legal and military training at al-Mansour Mosque in Tripoli. After the Tripoli clashes in 2014, the suspect contacted a Daesh member in Raqqa via Facebook, informing the latter of his desire to move to Syria. Aa.J. was instructed to move to Turkey, and was given the contact information of a smuggler specialized in transferring militants from Turkey to Syria. Aa.J. acquired a Lebanese passport and made the move to Turkey, before entering Syria with the smuggler’s assistance and reaching Raqqa. From there, the suspect later moved to Iraq, where he fought alongside Daesh forces in Mosul. After questioning, Aa.J. was referred to the judiciary for further investigation.

Chadi Mawlawi first gained public notoriety after being arrested by security forces in May 2012, at the age of 25, for providing an Al-Qaeda linked group with intelligence – charges his family denies. Osama Mansour, whose aliases include Abu Omar and the “Beardless Salafi,” was born in 1987, but his young age hasn’t kept him from gaining notoriety in Bab al-Tabbaneh. Mansour’s group was composed of approximately 25 fighters and based out of the al-Tartousi Mosque in Bab al-Tabbaneh’s Zqaq Abdel-Halim area. Mawlawi allegedly spent time fighting with the Free Syrian Army, whereas sources say Mansour joined up with the militant group Jund al-Sham.

In 2014, the spillover of the Syrian conflict into Lebanon led to clashes in Tripoli and surrounding areas between the Lebanese Army and extremist groups.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Source Link: 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jul-07/411977-…
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.