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LAF arrested a terrorist leading a terrorist group

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
March 7, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Armed militants

On 07 Mar 15, at 1213hrs, media reported that LAF arrested a Syrian national (Hassan Mohamad Jamil Harba) who is leading a terrorist group. The report added that the group attacked previously LAF posts (assault against an army checkpoint in Arsal's Wadi al-Hosn region). Harba succeeded in placing an explosive and detonating it on al-Masyada road. Another explosive was placed near the Hariri clinic in Arsal, but a military expert managed to dismantle it. The suspect planted another explosive on the Wadi Ata road in Arsal, but it failed to detonate. Furthermore, Harba is also accused of parking a booby-trapped vehicle in Arsal, but it too did not detonate. Investigations also revealed the persons who used to prepare and set the VBIEDs, beside information related to other terrorist groups.

http://mulhak.com/show/Politics/208334/الجيش-:-توقيف-إرهابي-خطر-يتزعّم-مجموعات-إرهابية

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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