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Conflict Incident Report
State security arrests two Syrians in Zahle for arm trade
Date of incident:
May 18, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
State Security
The Directorate General of State Security said in a statement that "the Bekaa Regional Directorate of State Security arrested two Syrians, in the city of Zahle, on charges of arms trade, and seized in their house a quantity of weapons. Three arrest warrants were issued against one of them on fraud."
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Arms Storage/Smuggling
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.
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