Lebanon arrests an IS suspect

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-07 21:04:58|Editor: Mengjie
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BEIRUT, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese General Security Directorate said Friday that it has arrested a Lebanese suspect linked to the terrorist organizations fighting in Syria.

The Directorate said in a statement that "the suspect had obtained a passport via which he left for Turkey and then entered the Syrian territory with the help of a smuggler."

He went to the Al-Raqqa area and then headed to Iraq, where he stayed in the city of Mosul and fought alongside the terrorist organization, the statement said.

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