Conflict Incident Report

ISF busts terror cell sending fighters to Syria

Date of incident:

June 6, 2017

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Islamic State (IS); Daech *

Internal Security Forces (ISF)

Security forces busted a Daesh (ISIS) cell in north Lebanon that allegedly facilitated the movement of militants from Lebanon into Syria. The Internal Security Forces released a statement announcing that the members of the cell had been residing in the northern border town of Wadi Khaled and acted in coordination with the terror group’s headquarters in Syria’s Raqqa.

The two suspects were identified as 22-year-old Aa.Aa. and 32-year-old Aa.H. The former confessed that he had communicated with a Daesh member last month in Syria, before traveling to Idlib and Hama. Reportedly, while heading to Raqqa, the intensity of the battles and the lack of a safe road drove Aa.Aa. to return to Lebanon. Aa.H. admitted that he had previously fought in Al-Hosn Al-Gharbi, located slightly north of the Lebanese border, and that he had helped Aa.Aa. and others communicate with his sister’s son M.H., who is wanted by authorities and is reportedly fighting in Raqqa. M.H. put these contacts in touch with a Daesh leader in Raqqa, who in turn organized their travel to Syria. Aa.H. also confessed that he and Aa.Aa. had dealt with a human trafficker in Wadi Khaled who helped them reach Idlib.

Both detainees told the police that the funding for unidentified person living in Europe.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jun-07/408751-…

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Secondary Category:

Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling

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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ISF busts terror cell sending fighters to Syria