'Dangerous Fugitive' Arrested in Tripoli's al-Qobbeh

One of “the most dangerous fugitives who took part in Tripoli's clashes” has been arrested in the northern city's al-Qobbeh neighborhood, the Internal Security Forces announced on Wednesday.

It identified the 49-year-old Lebanese militant as A. M., saying he goes under the nom de guerre “Habibo.”

The man was captured at noon in the Ibn Sina Street by a patrol from the ISF Bureau for Combating Terror and Major Crimes following “investigations and a surveillance operation.”

The ISF said the militant was wanted on an arrest warrant on charges of “undermining civil peace and stirring sedition.”

He was referred to the relevant judicial authorities at the judiciary's request.

The northern city witnessed unprecedented deadly clashes between the army and Islamist militants in October 2014. It was the last military battle in Tripoli following dozens of rounds of sectarian fighting between the Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighborhoods.

Violence in the city largely abated after the army implemented a security plan that involved the arrest of the heads of the fighting frontiers and the killing of many notorious militants.

Y.R.