Army, Police Arrest Suspected Terrorists in Bekaa, North
The Lebanese army and police arrested on Thursday several suspects including a Lebanese and a Syrian on suspicion of having ties with terrorist organizations.
Judicial police apprehended Ali Mohammed Tareq Safsouf in the area of al-Ayrounieh in the northern Zgharta district, said the state-run National News Agency.
Safsouf, a Lebanese, is suspected of belonging to the Islamic State extremist group, it said.
Another suspected terrorist, a Syrian, was arrested by the Lebanese army in the eastern Bekaa Valley.
The military said in a communique that it apprehended Walid Mohammed Kheir Ali Hussein in the town of Bar Elias on suspicion of having ties with terrorist groups.
His arrest came as part of a security crackdown by the authorities in the Bekaa.
Other arrested suspects included a Syrian, who had fake identification papers and was driving a car with no proper registration papers, and a Lebanese man who was smuggling food to the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal.
In the areas of Baalbek, Talya and Douris, the military said it detained a wanted Lebanese man and four others for driving unregistered cars.
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