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Lebanon Army Arrests 18 Lebanese, Syrians Linked to ISIS

Lebanese soldiers patrol a street in Labwe, at the entrance of the town of Arsal on the border with Syria, on July 21, 2017. (Reuters)
Lebanese soldiers patrol a street in Labwe, at the entrance of the town of Arsal on the border with Syria, on July 21, 2017. (Reuters)
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Lebanon Army Arrests 18 Lebanese, Syrians Linked to ISIS

Lebanese soldiers patrol a street in Labwe, at the entrance of the town of Arsal on the border with Syria, on July 21, 2017. (Reuters)
Lebanese soldiers patrol a street in Labwe, at the entrance of the town of Arsal on the border with Syria, on July 21, 2017. (Reuters)

Lebanon's army said on Monday it had arrested 18 people, some Lebanese and others Syrian, with links to ISIS.

The arrests came in "field operations" that took place over the past two weeks in the border town of Arsal in the north, an army statement said.

The individuals arrested confessed to belonging to the ISIS group and supporting it, and several weapons were also confiscated, it said.

Juroud Arsal, a barren area in the mountains between Syria and Lebanon, was previously a base of operations for insurgents fighting in the Syrian war, including militants from ISIS and the group formerly known as the Nusra Front.

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Lebanon Says Two Dead in Israel Strike

Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
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Lebanon Says Two Dead in Israel Strike

Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

An Israeli strike killed a Lebanese father and son Tuesday in a southern village, the Lebanese health ministry and state media said, the latest deaths despite a November ceasefire.

A second son was also wounded in the strike in Shebaa, the state-run National News Agency reported. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

"An Israeli enemy drone carried out a strike in the village of Shebaa, killing two people and wounding one," a health ministry statement said, AFP reported.

Israel had warned on Friday that it would keep up its strikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon despite the condemnation expressed by the Lebanese government after a massive strike on south Beirut the previous night on the eve of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Hezbollah said the strikes levelled nine residential blocks. The Israeli military said they targeted underground drone factories.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the strikes as a "a flagrant violation" of the November 27 ceasefire agreement, which was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that culminated in two months of full-blown war.