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Lebanese arrested for joining Nusra Front, recruiting members to fight in Syria

Date of incident: 
December 31, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
General Security
al-Nusra Front

The General Security arrested a Lebanese man for confessing to belonging to the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front, it said in a statement on Thursday.
The suspect admitted that he was tasked with forming a Nusra Front cell in Lebanon, recruiting members, and facilitating their passage to join the fight in Syria.
He said that he had illegally entered Syria through Turkey, where he pledged his allegiance to the al-Nusra Front's branch in Reef Latakia.
Commander of this branch, a Syrian called Abou Hassan, had tasked the detainee to form the cell in Lebanon.
The suspect added that he had also harbored wounded terrorists and provided them with safe residences, added the General Security statement.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/198341-lebanese-arrested-for-joining-...

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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