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Conflict Incident Report

State Security arrests Syrian suspect in Kweikhat

Date of incident: 
November 25, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
State Security

NNA field reporter in Akkar said that a State Security patrol managed on Wednesday to arrest a Syrian in Kweikhat for being suspected as involved in the fight against the Lebanese Army in Arsal highlands.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/53280/State-Security-arrests-Syrian-s...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.