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Sunday 9 February 2014 - 12:26

Hezbollah, Lebanon army bust Qaeda-linked militants in Beirut

Story Code : 349933
Hezbollah, Lebanon army bust Qaeda-linked militants in Beirut
The militants belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) had infiltrated into the southern suburb of Dahiya under the guise of a business company.
 
Reports say the Saudi spy agency had purchased the business license to provide a cover for the secret ISIL agents.
 
The militants were operating in an area close to a Hezbollah stronghold.
 
Hezbollah forces had the group under surveillance for nearly one year and submitted the evidence to Lebanon’s army.
 
Lebanon has been embroiled in a string of deadly bomb attacks in recent months. Many view the violence as a spillover of the conflict in neighboring Syria.
 
Terrorist groups of the al-Nusra Front and the ISIL operating in Syria have claimed responsibility for a number of the bombings in Lebanon.
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