Five IS Militants Arrested in North and Bekaa

Five militants belonging to the terrorist Islamic State group were arrested Friday in the North and the Bekaa, the army said.

“Following surveillance and investigations, the Intelligence Directorate arrested at dawn three individuals in the North region and two individuals in the Bekaa region,” the army said in a statement.

“Four of them belong to the terrorist IS group and were communicating with leaders and officials of the group,” the statement added.

“The fifth suspect who was arrested in the Bekaa was involved in smuggling of logistical material to the aforementioned group,” the army said.