'Extremist' Syrians Arrested in Bekaa Ambush

The army arrested on Saturday a group of “extremist” Syrians near the town of Beit Lahya in the Bekaa.

"Army intelligence was able to detain several extremist Syrians in an ambush near Beit Layha,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA noted that the captured men belonged to “an extremist organization.”

Later in the evening the military institution announced in a communique arresting six Syrian nationals for "illegally entering Lebanon."

Saturday's arrests come as army troops and security forces are implementing a security plan adopted by the cabinet to end the state of chaos in the North and the Bekaa.

The plan was first implemented in the northern city of Tripoli in an attempt to put an end to the clashes that frequently erupt between the city's rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

It was then implemented in the Bekaa region, with the security forces cracking down on gunmen, car theft gangs, and other outlaws.

The plan has resulted so far in the arrest of dozens of fugitives.

S.D.B.