BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Military Court Thursday issued indictments against 17 Lebanese nationals for belonging to ISIS, judicial sources said.
Six of the suspects are in custody while 11 were indicted in absentia by Military Judge Fadi Sawan.
The suspects were charged with belonging to a terrorist group, engaging in the latest round of clashes in Tripoli, the murder and attempted murder of Lebanese troops, and attempting to travel to Syria to fight alongside ISIS.
The suspects were all involved in the October clashes that pitted jihadi militants against the Lebanese Army in the northern city of Tripoli.
After the clashes, the Lebanese Army arrested several suspects with alleged links to terrorist groups as a part of its nationwide crackdown on terror suspects.
The six suspects currently in custody were arrested while attempting to flee to Syria, via Turkey, from Tripoli’s port.
The 17 Lebanese indicted suspects add to the growing number of Lebanese who have joined the militant group.
Last week, a 19-year-old from the northern city of Tripoli was killed fighting with ISIS in Syria, according to the relatives of the teen.
Alaa Hammoud, known by his nom-de-guerre Abu Hathifa al-Lubnani, was killed fighting in a town on the Syrian-Iraqi border, his family told The Daily Star.
Last month, a 28-year-old from north Lebanon, became the second known Christian in the country to join ISIS.
‘Jack,’ who is more commonly known as Charlie Haddad, hails from the Zahrieh neighborhood in Tripoli, security sources told The Daily Star.
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