Army Raids IS Post near Arsal, Arrests Four Militants
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A special army unit raided a post for the Islamic State group outside the northeastern border town of Arsal on Thursday and managed to arrest several terror suspects, media reports said.
“An army intelligence patrol attacked an IS post in Arsal's Wadi Ata area where it managed to arrest several very dangerous terrorists,” state-run National News Agency reported.
The detainees were transferred to a military barracks, it said.
According to media reports, the detainees are Lebanese nationals Tareq al-Fliti and Sameh al-Breidi and two Syrians who are yet to be identified.
Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said army intelligence agents arrested Fliti and Breidi in a raid on “a house in Arsal” and that the attacking force did not incur any casualties in the exchange of gunfire.
And as LBCI television said Fliti and Breidi were wounded in the operation, al-Jadeed TV said one of those arrested was critically wounded in the clash.
The detainees were eventually transferred to the capital Beirut, according to al-Jadeed.
LBCI later reported that the detainees were involved in "booby-trapping cars and sending them into Lebanon; murdering Major Pierre Bashaalani and First Sergeant Ibrahim Zahraman; and fighting against the army in Arsal's clashes."
Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) meanwhile said that the detained militants were behind the latest death threats that were launched against several Arsal figures.
Militants from IS and Fateh al-Sham Front, formerly al-Qaida affiliate al-Nusra Front, are entrenched in rugged areas along the undemarcated Lebanese-Syrian border and the army regularly shells their posts while Hizbullah and the Syrian army have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.
The two groups briefly overran the town of Arsal in August 2014 before being ousted by the army after days of deadly battles.
The retreating militants abducted more than 30 troops and policemen of whom four have been executed and nine remain in the captivity of the IS group.
04 August 2016, 18:52
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it's pity that the army has to use up its resources on a new enemy instead of facing the Israeli one, the wahhabism scheme in Middle East is to blame.
04 August 2016, 19:09
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humble:
it's "nice" to know that you side with the wahhabi terrorists who are constantly attacking the army and a friend of the Israelis who constantly violating the sovereignty of your country , a country that you claim that you belong, now i doubt about your patriotism or even your origin.
06 August 2016, 10:13
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@terrorist you dont get to decide who Lebanon's enemies are. We are at war with israel and daesh, while Hezbollah is our resistance and Syria our allies. That's the official position, choke on it.
04 August 2016, 19:38
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@Northern
Strange that you cannot see that you have destroyed this country more than anybody else can do.
Those who destroy a country are enemies. Someone who loves Lebanon helps in its construction and progress NOT in its systematic destruction.
Can you understand this simple thing?
I think not...because you are glad to see Lebanon being destroyed.
04 August 2016, 19:46
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@Northern
The more you insult me the happier I am.
I am a zionisto-wahhabi-daechi-boko harami.
But I am NOT like you :the enemy from within!!!
You have become worse than the zionists.
You have destroyed the coexistence and the living together which the zionists failed to do.
You have divided this country and created hatred.
You have brought Lebanon 1000 years backwards.
You insults are music to my ears...
04 August 2016, 19:50
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@Northern
We know your tactics. You come, you insult and you disappear.
You have never been able to refute one argument.
This is why your language is insults. This is the only thing you know.
04 August 2016, 19:53
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@Northern
You can keep for yourself your backaged culture.
We have no respect for non educated people.
04 August 2016, 20:15
129
you were the one who attack and insult by saying "Our enemy is you." upon my statement which tends to support the army.
besides, mine contains no insults but a response to your irresponsible statement.
04 August 2016, 20:40
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@terr, Lebanon is for the Lebanese, the real ones who are sacrificing for its survival... neither wahhabi nor zionist cultures should take over, never mind how much you cry, now get lost.
04 August 2016, 20:49
107
at least we have origin while you have not even one, but immigrants from the desert during arab domination.... southerners are the ancestor of the Phoenicians, update your info.
04 August 2016, 21:04
710
The proverb says: when Southern takes a road, the roads ends....but southern continues>>>>>
05 August 2016, 00:00
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@Northern
When I said "our enemy is you" this is not an insult but a reality. You are the ones destroying Lebanon. How do you want me to call you???
