2014-08 - Arsal Conflict | August, 2014 to June, 2019

State Security Wednesday arrested a man in the northern district of Zgharta for allegedly belonging to al-Nusra Front - now known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham - and participating in clashes against the Lebanese Army, a statement from the agency reported.

The Syrian man, identified as Khaled A., was arrested in the town of Sebaal for “belonging to the al-Nusra Front and for his illegal entry into Lebanon,” according to the statement.

During his interrogation, the suspect reportedly admitted to taking part in clashes alongside the group in the eastern town of Arsal.

The Lebanese Army found seven improvised explosive devices on the outskirts of Arsal, an Army statement reported.

Three of the devices, each weighing 2 kgs, were found in Wadi Hmayyed in the town’s eastern outskirts, while four others that weighed around half a kilogram were found in the Wadi al-Aawaini area.

All of the explosives, the Army said, were left by “terrorist organizations,” and were dismantled by the Engineers Regiment and detonated where they were found.

State Security has arrested a Syrian national suspected of belonging to the extremist group Daesh (ISIS), the state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday.

The suspect, identified as Ayman Aa., was arrested in the Zahle town of Barr Elias.

Under interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed to having belonged to Daesh and having been appointed a "Daesh emir" – a leader in the group’s military council.

A major suspect involved in the 2014 bombing that targeted Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik was arrested late along with 10 other militants in the northeastern border town of Arsal, the National News Agency reported.

Lebanon's armed forced arrested Abdul Basset Ammoun in Arsal along with ten other suspects.

The arrests included a man from the Ghadada family nicknamed al-Zaim, a man from the Ammoun family, M.al-Abed a relative of IS leader Wahid al-Abed, a man from Ghadadi and three others from the Rashak family, NNA said.