General Security Arrests Lebanese Extremist
The General Security agency said on Thursday that it has arrested a Lebanese man who has fought alongside a terrorist organization in Syria.
A communique issued by General Security said Aa.H. admitted to investigators that he traveled to Turkey in 2013 and then entered Syria where he joined the ranks of the terrorist group.
The General Security did not name which organization he joined.
The suspect also admitted to receiving training in making explosives and said he was severely injured when a bomb he was preparing exploded.
The man was referred to the judiciary.
The General Security has been active in arresting suspects with ties to terrorist groups, mainly the Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front, which have fought bloody gunbattles with the Lebanese army.
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