Conflict Incident Report

LAF: Syrian national arrested for belonging to ISIS

Date of incident:

January 23, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

-A unit from the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Syrian national Hussein Mohammad Al-Hammoud for belonging to ISIS, while he was trying to flee to Turkey via Rafik Hariri International Airport with a forged passport, according to the Army Guidance Directorate that issued a communiqué on Saturday.

Al-Hammoud was charged of transferring explosive materials and weapons to ISIS in Arsal region and for kidnapping and stabbing a citizen to death.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/202511/

Primary 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.

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LAF: Syrian national arrested for belonging to ISIS