Lebanese Army Arrests Terrorists in North
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The Lebanese Army said Thursday it had arrested during raids in north Lebanon eight individuals, including two high-ranking members of a terrorist group suspected of involvement attacks against the Army in recent years.
An Army statement said that the "exceptional raids" in the Akkar towns of Khirbet Daoud and Doueir Adwiyeh targeted suspects accused of assaulting Lebanese soldiers and carrying out terrorist operations in Lebanon.
Speaking to The Daily Star on Friday, a senior Army source said that the detainees were suspected to be involved in some of the explosions and attacks against the Army that took place over the past two years.
"Investigation will reveal if they were planning any future explosions," the source said.
The raids led to the arrest of First Sgt. Abdul-Monem Mahmoud Khaled, a defected sergeant in the Lebanese Army who is accused of serving as a high-ranking member of an unidentified terrorist organization, the statement said.
The Army also arrested an "emir of a terrorist group," who was identified as Syrian national Abdel- Monhem Zoghbi, also known as Abu Hureira.
The senior Army source explained that Khaled, from the village of Doueir Adwiyeh, announced that he had joined "ISIL" in a video last October, adding that he had abandoned his Army post before the announcement. The source said that Abu Hureira was the head of a terrorist group based in Akkar and loyal to "ISIL."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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