Army Seizes Explosive Belt, Arrests 2 Terror Suspects in Majdal Anjar

The army carried out on Sunday a raid in the eastern town of Majdal Anjar where it arrested two suspects and seized a quantity of weapons including an explosive belt.

The raid targeted a farm where Syrians are residing and two houses belonging to members of the Khanjar family, said the National News Agency.

An army statement later said that a military force raided at dawn the house of Lebanese national Darwish Ibrahim Abdul Khaleq where it arrested him along with Syrian citizen Hassan Mohammed Saleh.

The raiding force seized “an explosive belt, a Kalashnikov machinegun, a quantity of light-caliber ammunition, four hand grenades, four detonators and various military gear,” the statement added.

Al-Mayadeen television had earlier reported that the detainees are members of the Islamic State extremist group.

The army and security forces have in recent days arrested numerous terror suspects, amid warnings of a possible attack in the country.

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