Army Refers Terror Suspect to Judiciary
The army said on Tuesday that it referred a suspect linked to the leader of an armed faction in the northern city of Tripoli to the judiciary after admitting to having participated in terrorist activities.
An army communique said Musab Jamal al-Ayoubi will be prosecuted after he admitted to playing a role in terrorist activities carried out by the group led by Ahmed Miqati.
Al-Ayoubi also confessed to being aware of the plots of terrorist groups in Tripoli.
Miqati was arrested in October in the northern town of Assoun during a deadly army raid on an apartment that he and several militants had been residing in.
He was later charged with belonging to an armed terrorist organization with the aim of occupying several northern villages.
His arrest set off the spark that led to a deadly fighting last month between extremists and the army in Tripoli and surrounding areas.
A battle between Lebanese troops and militants in northern Lebanon was widely expected after members of the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's branch in Syria, al-Nusra Front, launched several attacks in areas on the border with Syria.
Army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji has said that the jihadists from Syria want to ignite civil war and create a passage to Lebanon's coastline by linking the Syrian Qalamoun mountains with the border town of Arsal and the northern district of Akkar.
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