Conflict Incident Report

General Security raids terrorist hotbed in Wadi Ata, seizes explosive belt

Associated Timeline/Case:

Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)

Date of incident:

June 30, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

General Security

NNA - The Directorate General of General Security raided on Thursday with the army a terrorist hotbed in Arsal's Wadi Ata according to the confessions of detained terrorists and as part of its security activity.
It discovered an explosive belt, weapons, and war ammunitions.
The Directorate seized the objects and is following up the issue to arrest the remaining members of the terrorist cell.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/64859/General-Security-raids-t…

Primary category:

Raid

Secondary Category:

Arms Storage/Smuggling

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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Conflict Incident Report

General Security raids terrorist hotbed in Wadi Ata, seizes explosive belt