Ten Syrians Possessing IS Cards Detained after Infiltrating Border

Ten Syrians who have illegally infiltrated Lebanon's territory were arrested on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.

An army intelligence unit was able to arrest ten Syrian nationals after infiltrating Lebanon. They were heading to the northeastern border town of Arsal, NNA said.

They had briefly resided in the town of Gaza in West Bekaa before they headed to Arsal.

The slogan of the Islamic State group was found stamped on health vaccination cards that were found in the possession of the detainees.

The detainees are Ali al-Bakar, Anoud al-Bakar, Basma al-Issa, Zahra al-Issa, Ammar al-Issa, Houssam al-Issa, Imad al-Issa, Bashara Awwad al-Issa and Khalil Moustafa.