Army Detains 12 Syrians in Bekaa for Forming Terrorist Group
The army detained on Sunday 17 Syrians in raids carried out in the town of al-Marj in the west Bekaa for the suspected formation of a terror group and for illegally entering the country.
The military command said in communique that the “12 Syrian national are suspected of establishing a terror group.”
The statement said that another five Syrians were detained in the Bekaa town of al-Marj for “illegally entering Lebanon.”
The army seized cell phones and laptops in the possession of the suspects in addition to an illegal motorbike and another two other violating cars.
They were handed over to the competed authority along with the seized items.
Eight Lebanese troops were killed and several others were wounded in bloody clashes that erupted between the army and gunmen in the Tallat al-Hamra clashes on Friday “when terrorists attacked a military surveillance post in Ras Baalbek.”
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