Conflict Incident Report

North Intelligence Directorate arrests wanted terrorist

Date of incident:

December 7, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

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

Security forces announced Monday the arrest of two Islamic State jihadists who had plotted to carry out attacks inside Lebanon.
“The fugitive Jihad Ahmed al-Ghazi was arrested by the Intelligence Directorate in the North over his ties to terrorist groups led by the fugitives Mohammed Ahmed al-Satem, Oday Ahmed al-Moussa and others who move between Lebanon and Syria,” the army said in a statement.
“They tried to help him enter Syria to fight alongside the terrorist groups there,” it added.
The detainee confessed that under al-Satem's leadership, small groups were formed in the northern region of Wadi Khaled with the aim of targeting the Lebanese army.
They sought to “attack troops and create an appropriate atmosphere for the entry of the IS group into Lebanon through setting up a security zone connected to Khirbet Daoud in order to seize control of Wadi Khaled,” the army statement said.
The IS cells “purchased weapons and prepared a number of caves to be launchpads for their operations,” it added.
Among the arms they bought was a “mortar cannon aimed at targeting the army barracks in Wadi Khaled.”
The detainee al-Ghazi also confessed that he was tasked with “carrying out a suicide bombing in Tripoli or Beirut.”

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/196332-two-is-militants-who-plotted-a...

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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Conflict Incident Report

North Intelligence Directorate arrests wanted terrorist