Conflict Incident Report

Lebanon says ranking ISIS official captured

Date of incident:

October 22, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

General Security

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

General Security Thursday announced the arrest of what it said was a prominent ISIS leader and other suspected militants who were based in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh.
It said via its Twitter account that the main suspect, who was not identified, was a "legitimate leader" of an ISIS cell plotting to carry out attacks in Lebanon. It did not specify his nationality.
A security source told The Daily Star that General Security arrested the suspect in cooperation with the Lebanese Army as he attempted to cross into Syria from north Lebanon.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Oct-22/319847-lebanon...

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.

Back to map

You are here

Conflict Incident Report

Lebanon says ranking ISIS official captured