Judge Charges Ten Suspects Linked to IS Group

Lebanon's judiciary charged ten suspected Palestinian and Lebanese militants with involvement with the Islamic State terror group, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged the ten suspects, three of whom are already in detention, on charges of involvement with the IS terror group, executing terror operations in Syria, planning to carry out terror assaults in Lebanon and assassination attempts of Lebanese officials, NNA added.

The judge referred the file and the detainees to the First Military Magistrate, it added.

The news agency neither specified the time of the arrest of the suspects nor their identities.