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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrested a person in Al-Qobbeh for belonging to ISIS

Date of incident: 
May 20, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Islamic State (IS); Daech *

On 20 May 16,media reported that an ISF force raided a shop in Al-Qobbeh area - Jdid street and was able to draw a wanted person and arrest him on charges of belonging to ISIS in Tripoli.The detainee was transferred to the directorate in Beirut, where he will undergo through investigation.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary 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.