BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army said it arrested 23 suspects including three Syrians with alleged links to terrorist groups and five gunmen over their involvement in last month’s clashes in Tripoli, as part of the military’s crackdown on terror suspects.
The Army said in a statement that it arrested Lebanese Ahmad Mahmoud Darwish in the village of Bhenin in the Minyeh-Dinnieh district over his involvement in gun attacks against its soldiers.
Soldiers also arrested Thursday in the Mhammara village of Akkar four Lebanese for shooting at Army personnel, according to another military statement. One of the men was in possession of a rifle, a hand grenade, ammunition and military gear.
The men are suspected of involvement in the October clashes between Lebanese troops and militants in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city.
Also Thursday, the Army said in a statement that it arrested three Syrians suspected of belonging to terrorist groups and 13 other Syrians for entering the country illegally. The arrests came during an Army raid on several locations in the Masnaat area, which also includes an official border crossing between Lebanon and Syria.
The Army said it arrested Mohammad Ghazi Ish, who was driving a motorcycle without legal papers, and Chadi Mahmoud Shami, who was accompanying him. It said they were suspected of tossing a stun grenade in Baddawi Thursday at dawn.
In Arsal, a soldier was wounded when two masked men opened fire at him while he was heading to his post.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s military prosecutor charged 17 Syrian militant suspects, including 12 already in custody, with involvement in August’s clashes with the Army and for belonging to ISIS and the Nusra Front, a judicial source said.
Judge Saqr Saqr charged the 17 with engaging in armed clashes with soldiers in the northeastern town of Arsal in August.
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