Army Raids Bab al-Tabbaneh as General Security Arrests 'IS Mufti'

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The Lebanese army heavily deployed on Sunday in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood in the northern coastal city of Tripoli, as the General Security apprehended a prominent member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Troops raided several areas in the neighborhood in search of suspects.

According to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3), three wanted outlaws have been so far apprehended in the military raid.

The state run National News Agency reported later that the General Security detained an ISIL official on Saturday.

It identified him as Ibrahim Barakat.

VDL (93.3) said that Barakat was recruiting members to join ISIL ranks and engage in battles in Iraq and Syria.

A security source meanwhile told AFP that Ibrahim was arrested early on Sunday and is accused of being "a religious jurist for the IS in the northern city of Tripoli."

Barakat, who is in his 40s, was arrested while trying to flee northern Lebanon to Turkey using a fake passport, the source said.

He is accused of recruiting young men from Tripoli to fight with IS in Syria and Iraq and of attacking Lebanese army units in the northern city last year, said the source.

Lebanese security forces are implementing strict security measures and have recently kicked off security plans across the country to reduce crime rate and clamp down on terrorists.

The large-scale raids have led to the arrest of scores of offenders.

Comments 5
Missing peace 03 May 2015, 16:19

it only proves all the BS you spit on this site....

Default-user-icon jeff (Guest) 03 May 2015, 18:16

Now they should arrest the other extremist that is a recruiting agent for fighters in Syria... Nasrallah.

Missing peace 03 May 2015, 18:40

sure it does... the army just proved your BS a total fabrication from your sick mind...

but sure, crazy idiots will always say they are right even if proven the contrary... that is the main trait of sick minds.

come on admit you were wrong, coward.

Missing peace 03 May 2015, 20:56

still drowning in your idiocy?
you said that yesterday, it all changed within the night? LOL...

no need to try and justify your idiocy: it is here for everyone to see....

and no: you do not care about the LAF just pure hypocrisy to try and pretend being a "patriot", a word you do not have the faintest idea of its meaning.. if you cared you wouldn't allow a militia to take decisions in place of the national army, you would ask for this militia to be part of the army and ask for the army to be the sole decider of peace and war...

you are just a nothing, cockroaches are better than you....

Thumb kanaandian 04 May 2015, 09:54

hopefully he drops the soap and therefore, can pray to allah that his rapist uses lube