The following are a selection of stories from Lebanese newspapers that may be of interest to Daily Star readers. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.
Al-Akhbar
Machnouk to Moscow to discuss arms deal
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk will travel to Moscow Sept. 18-22 for talks with his Russian counterpart as well as security officials to discuss the purchase of weapons as part of the $1 billion Saudi grant for Lebanon’s security forces.
Sources said Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi has, in turn, held a meeting with the Russian ambassador to prepare for a similar visit.
They said Kahwagi will primarily discuss the Russian fund that has been suspended since November 2010, which includes six combat helicopters, a tank battalion, 130 mm caliber guns as well as a large quantity of ammunition.
An-Nahar
Security agencies noticed Lebanese going to Syria to join ISIS
Sources told An-Nahar that Lebanese security agencies have noticed the entry of a large number of Lebanese as well as Syrian refugees to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS.
Some of them have returned to Lebanese territories after receiving training to join sleeper cells.
The sources said orders also were given to other recruits, who had the desire to move to Iraq and Syria’s Reqqa, to remain in Lebanon.
The sources estimated the cell members present in Lebanon at 3,000 Lebanese and Syrian, adding that many Syrians take cover in Lebanese towns and construction sites on the pretext of work to remove suspicion.
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