Report: ISIL Emir, Who Led Attack on Army in Arsal, Killed in Qalamoun
Abou al-Hassan al-Filastini, the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who initiated the attack on the northeastern town of Arsal on Saturday, was killed.
According to As Safir newspaper published on Tuesday, al-Filastini succumbed to wounds he sustained during battles with the Syrian army in the Qalamoun, which borders the Bekaa valley town of Arsal.
Al-Filastini reportedly led an Islamist assault on the Lebanese army in Arsal after the arrest of al-Nusra Front official Imad Ahmed Jomaa on Saturday.
He is accused of kidnapping and executing several people from Arsal and leads around 100 fighters and the Fajr al-Islam brigade.
Jomaa, also known as Abou Ahmed Jomaa, hails form the Syrian border town of Qusayr and has confessed upon his arrest to belonging to the al-Qaida-inspired al-Nusra Front.
The terrorist suspect is known to be a prominent figure of armed Islamic organizations, and he led the Fajr al-Islam brigade that fought in al-Qusayr and later in Syria's Qalamoun.
He recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a videotaped message.
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