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General Security Arrests Syrian Nusra Members Linked to Arsal Servicemen Executions

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
February 16, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
al-Nusra Front
General Security

On 16 Feb 16, the General Security announced the arrest of five (5) Syrian members of the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front group, one of whom is linked to the execution of soldiers kidnapped by the group and the Islamic State in 2014. They confessed after interrogation to forming a terror cell aimed at carrying out bombings through booby-trapped cars. One detainee is a religious al-Nusra leader in the Arsal region in northeastern Lebanon and Syria's al-Qalamoun near the border. He headed an armed group that took part in the Arsal battles against the army in August 2014. The detainee also used his religious role in al-Nusra Front to issue a blessing to execute abducted soldiers Mohammed Hamieh and Ali Bazzal. He shot the footage of Hamieh's execution, which was performed by a Syrian national who was arrested at a previous time.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/202280-general-security-arrests-syria...

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.
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