Army Arrests Lebanese IS Militant in Arsal

Army intelligence agents on Sunday arrested Lebanese national Khodr al-Fliti in the northeastern border town of Arsal, media reports said.

As TV networks described Fliti as a dangerous terrorist, state-run National News Agency said the man is accused of “working for the terrorist Islamic State group and trading with and transporting arms and explosives aimed at targeting army patrols.”

The development comes amid a major Hizbullah offensive in the town's outskirts against al-Qaida's former Syria affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front. Hizbullah intends to wage an operation against the IS group in the border region in the coming days, according to media reports.