ISF Apprehends Prominent ISIL Member in the Bekaa
The Internal Security Forces Information Bureau nailed a new achievement by detaining a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by mere coincidence, As Safir newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to the daily, Syrian national Turki Qalfoun was arrested at an army checkpoint in the eastern Bekaa Valley for lacking the necessary identification papers and was handed over to Baalbek's police station, which in turn referred him to the information bureau for investigation.
Qalfoun's cellphone showed that he left the northern city of Tripoli's Abi Samra neighborhood soon after militant Osama Mansour was killed on Thursday.
The newspaper reported that the suspect intended to leave for the northeastern border town of Arsal to meet with Abou Mouatassem, an Egyptian national, who is affiliated to ISIL.
Investigations revealed that Qalfoun plays a key role in recruiting members to ISIL and has traveled to Egypt, Turkey and Algeria.
Pictures on his cellphone confirm that he has been to ISIL's military training camps and a large stash of money was confiscated from his possession.
Last week, security forces succeeded in arresting Sheikh Khaled Hoblos and killing Mansour and Ahmed al-Nazer in an ambush in Tripoli.
Meanwhile, As Safir reported that a prominent officer at the Free Syrian Army recently handed himself over to the Lebanese army in Baalbek over fears that terrorist organizations are seeking to kill him.
The officer wasn't identified by the daily.
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