Army Refers Lebanese IS Militant to Judiciary
A Lebanese member of the terrorist Islamic State group was referred Friday to the judiciary, an army statement said.
“Lebanese national Alaa Mohammed Ammoun has been referred by the Intelligence Directorate to the relevant judicial authorities,” the statement said.
Ammoun is accused of “belonging to the terrorist IS group, staging attacks with this group on the army's unity in Arsal, taking part in the assassination of a Lebanese citizen, and setting up explosive devices,” the army added.
The military launched an unprecedented crackdown on suspected extremist cells in the country in the wake of the multiple suicide bombings that rocked the Christian border town of al-Qaa.
Militants from the IS and Fateh al-Sham Front – formerly known as al-Nusra Front -- are entrenched in rugged areas along the undemarcated Lebanese-Syrian border and the army regularly shells their posts while Hizbullah and the Syrian army have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.
The two jihadist groups briefly overran the town of Arsal in August 2014 before being ousted by the army after days of deadly battles.
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