Military Court Releases Two Detainees Suspected of Spying for Israel

The military court has released two detainees who had been suspected of spying for Israel, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi revealed on Monday.

Last month, the Lebanese security forces had busted more than 17 suspected Israeli spy networks, in one of the largest nationwide crackdowns in recent years.

The two persons who were released today had been detained among the suspected Israeli spy networks, Mawlawi specified, clarifying that they had nothing to do with the I.S. terrorists who had also been recently arrested.

Mawlawi had announced last week that the Internal Security Forces had thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to carry out three suicide bombings targeting Shiite religious compounds in Beirut's southern suburbs.