General Security Arrests Four-Member Terrorist Cell

The General Security arrested four Lebanese nationals on suspicion of forming terrorist cells that work in favor of the Islamic State, the National News Agency said on Thursday.

"Within its framework to follow up on the activities of terrorist and sleeper cells, the General Security arrested A.R, M.K., Y.B. and A.G.," it said in a statement.

"Investigations have unveiled that the group had formed the cell with plans to recruit people and carry out missions in favor of the IS," it added.

One of the detainees, A.R., confessed to belonging and pledging allegiance to the IS and that he had done so through a Lebanese-Australian relative of his who is an IS official in the Syrian al-Raqqa area. He is known for manufacturing explosives and preparing bombs.

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