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LAF arrest five over links to armed groups

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 13, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Lebanese Armed Forces detained a Lebanese Nationals and Four Syrian Nationals suspected of having links to armed groups.
A LAF unit detained in the northeastern border town of Arsal, Saturday 13 June 15, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Ghdadi on charges of transporting three Syrian Nationals from the outskirts of the town into Lebanon. The three Syrian Nationals are suspected of belonging to a armed group. Ghdadi was also driving a pickup truck without obtaining the necessary legal permits or license plates.
A LAF patrol also detained in the al-Faour town Syrian National Ahmed al-Mohammed for belonging to a terrorist group. He has confessed to communicating with some of its members. The five detainees along with the confiscated items were handed over to the competent authority for investigation.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/182014-army-arrests-five-over-links-t...

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.
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