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Conflict Incident Report

Syrian women detained for document forgery

Date of incident: 
June 8, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF Intelligence Branch
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

A patrol from ISF’s Information Branch detained a Syrian woman in north Lebanon’s Dhour Bhennin in Dinnieh district over forgery of official documents.

Police allegedly confiscated Syrian government stamps, other equipment used to forge stamps and a laptop she was carrying with her. The 20-year-old, identified by her initials as A.Sh., was taken to Tripoli for investigation.

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.