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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Arrest Warrants Issued against 3 Lebanese over ISIL, Nusra Affiliation
2014-08-01
[An Nahar] Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawan issued on Thursday arrest warrants against three Lebanese on charges of belonging to terrorist organizations.

"Judge Sawan issued three arrest warrants against Lebanese nationals on charges of belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
and Al-Nusra Front," the state-run National News Agency reported.

The NNA said the three charged people planned through their involvement with ISIL and Al-Nusra to execute terrorist operations throughout Leb.

If convicted, the suspects could face death penalty, remarked the same source.

Leb has become the scene of several deadly bombings since the eruption of the Syrian civil war, many of which have targeted Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
strongholds in the Bekaa and in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The blasts, which took the lives of dozens of civilians and troops, were claimed by Lion of Islam groups that are opposed to Hizbullah's involvement in Syria's war alongside Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's forces.

Armed men usually infiltrate Leb from neighboring Syria through the country's northern and Bekaa border.
Posted by:Fred

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