The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch on Tuesday announced the arrest of five members of the jihadist al-Nusra Front group in the Mount Lebanon governorate, like reported by naharnet.com.
“As part of its efforts to detect and pursue terrorist organizations operating within Lebanese territory, and after obtaining information about the presence of terrorist cells operating in the Mount Lebanon governorate and using social media to achieve their terrorist goals, the ISF Intelligence Branch managed to arrest five al-Nusra Front members in separate raids,” an ISF statement said.
It said those arrested were five Syrian young men whose ages range from 17 to 19 years.
“During interrogation, they confessed to having fought alongside al-Nusra Front in Syria in the past,” the ISF added.
“It turned out that they had entered Lebanon illegally using fake identification papers and that they were communicating and coordinating with Idlib-based leaders of the aforementioned group, while also using social networking websites to spread jihadist ideology and recruit a number of Syrians who live in Lebanon,” the statement said.
