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Army Arrests Two Terror Suspects in Arsal Special Operation

Army intelligence agents on Wednesday carried out a special operation inside the northeastern border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported.

The operation resulted in the arrest of Lebanese nationals A.K. and Kh.A., who are accused of collaborating with the terrorist Islamic State group, NNA said.

TV networks meanwhile identified the two men as Abdul Malek Kanaan and Khodr al-Atrash.

IS jihadists and others from the rival Fateh al-Sham group are entrenched in Arsal's outskirts and other areas along the Lebanese-Syrian border.

The Lebanese army regularly shells their posts while Hizbullah and the Syrian army have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.


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