Two Detainees Charged with Belonging to Islamic State

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged two detainees with belonging to the Islamic State group, reported the National News Agency on Wednesday.

It said that Nabil al-Siddiq, also known as Abi Sayyaf, and Ali Ayyoub were charged with belonging to the group and forming cells for the aim of carrying out terrorist attacks.

These cells were also trained to carry out assassinations and combating the Lebanese army during its clashes with extremists in the northeastern border town of Arsal in August.

The case was referred to First Military Examining Magistrate Riad Abou Ghida.

The army was engaged in August in clashes with jihadists from the IS and al-Nusra Front.

The gunmen abducted at the end of the unrest a number of servicemen.

A few of them have since been released, four were executed, while the rest are still being held.

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