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.



Trump Says Gaza Ceasefire Is Possible Soon

 Two Palestinians men survey the rubble and destroyed vehicles in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip after a house was targeted by an Israeli strike, on June 27, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)
Two Palestinians men survey the rubble and destroyed vehicles in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip after a house was targeted by an Israeli strike, on June 27, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)
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Trump Says Gaza Ceasefire Is Possible Soon

 Two Palestinians men survey the rubble and destroyed vehicles in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip after a house was targeted by an Israeli strike, on June 27, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)
Two Palestinians men survey the rubble and destroyed vehicles in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip after a house was targeted by an Israeli strike, on June 27, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)

President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict will be reached within a week.

Trump, at an Oval Office event celebrating a Congo-Rwanda accord, told reporters that he believes a ceasefire is close.

He said he had been just been talking to some of the people involved in trying to reach a ceasefire to hostilities between Israel and Hamas.