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Conflict Incident Report

LAF arrest Syrian Nationals on terror charges & illegal entry to Lebanon

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 15, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Lebanese Armed Forces arrested several Syrian Nationals in the eastern Bekaa region on terrorism charges. LAF intelligence agents arrested a group comprising 4 Syrians in Jib Janine and Kamid el-Loz in western Bekaa. Earlier in the day, the military said it detained Mohammed Kamel Roq, Haeb Hussein Haider, and Anas Hassan al-Masri on suspicion of belonging to armed groups.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/182120-army-arrests-syrians-on-terror...

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.