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More families join sit-in after father of soldier Mohammad Youssef receives call from ISIS: 3 days left before you lose your children

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Arsal Conflict (starting August 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
October 9, 2014
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Families of abducted soldiers [Arsal Clashes]

A large group of families of the abducted soldiers joined the sit-in at Riad Solh Square and a third tent was set up.
He pointed out that the father of soldier Hussein Youssef had received a call from one of the elements of ISIS who told him "3 days are left before you lose your children, and we will be contacting all the parents to tell them so."

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/34491/Father-of-soldier-Mohammad-...

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
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.