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Conflict Incident Report

Two Syrians detained in Beirut on suspicion of affiliation with terrorist organizations

Date of incident: 
December 4, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
ISF Intelligence Branch

A unit from the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces in Beirut apprehended on Sunday two Syrian nationals in Tareek Jdeedeh's Malaab al Baladi.
The Syrians are suspected of being in communication with terrorist organizations.

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.