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General Security arrests 4 Syrians involved in recruiting fighters for Daesh

Date of incident: 
July 5, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
General Security
Islamic State (IS); Daech *

The General Security Directorate announced in a statement that it arrested, building on the reference of the competent public prosecution, four Syrians belonging to the terrorist organization Daesh. 

Interrogated, the arrestees admitted having vowed affiliation to Daesh and having tried to recruit relatives of theirs to fight alongside the organization's militants in Syria. 

They formed a network operating inside Lebanon in favor of the terrorist organization, seeking to recruit as many as possible young men (Syrians and Lebanese) to form cells affiliated with Daesh. 

They began their activities in this context and were able to recruit a number of young people by attracting them under the guise of forming a football team and performing some sports activities. Those activities were interspersed with religious lessons centered on the ideology of the organization that calls for terrorism, as they admitted. 

After the completion of the interrogations, the arrestees were referred to the competent judiciary and work is underway to arrest the remaining people involved. 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Source Link: 
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/81022/General-Security-dismant…
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.