The State Security announced on Friday the arrest of an Islamic State terror cell in the Mount Lebanon town of Aley, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Based on the order of the State Commissioner to the Military Court and after thorough observation, the State Security arrested the leader of the cell and its members, said NNA.
Lebanon's security forces have intensified raids on suspicious locations where IS group members take a hide and prepare for terror schemes.
On Thursday the army killed an Islamic State group militant and arrested three others in Khirbet Daoud in Akkar.
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