BEIRUT: More states are agreeing on the need to prevent Lebanon from becoming the next constituent of the Islamic State, UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher tweeted on Monday.
“Hearing louder consensus across regions on need to keep Lebanon out of 'Islamic State', and 'Islamic State' out of Lebanon” wrote Fletcher on his twitter page.
According to Fletcher, Lebanon could beat ISIS by “backing the Army, rejecting sectarianism, keeping calm, securing [its] border [with Syria], providing alternatives and not scapegoating refugees.”
Militants from ISIS are holding at least eight Army soldiers captive, after clashes erupted between the two groups in the north eastern town of Arsal last month.
ISIS militants have beheaded two of the Army hostages in the past two weeks.
Several reports have suggested that the battle of Arsal in early August foiled a plan to establish an Islamic State in Lebanon.
Last month, detained jihadist Imad Jomaa, whose arrest sparked the five days of intense clashes between militants and the Lebanese Army in Arsal, confessed to plans of establishing an Islamic State between the Bekaa Valley and North Lebanon.
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