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Conflict Incident Report

General security:Two Lebanese detained over founding cell for Daesh

Date of incident: 
December 19, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
General Security
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - The General Security Directorate issued a commmuniqe on Saturday in which it announced that it detained, upon a notice from the general prosecution, the two Lebanese (B.F.) and (A.M) for forming a cell that works for a terrorism organization, Daesh.

After questioning them, the two confessed that they work for Daesh.

The two were reffered after the end of the investigation to the concerned authorities and wor is ongoing to detain all other perpetrators.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/54316/General-security-Two-Lebanese-d...

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.