...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
According to the state-run National News Agency, the three men were detained as part of an investigation into Saturday's attack on a cafe in the flashpoint Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen.
The three have friendship links with the jacket wallahs, NNA said.
Media reports identified them as Ali Kheireddine, Monzer Shamseine and Wael Afioni.
Nine people were killed and 37 others were maimed in the attack.
Al-Qaeda-affilliate al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front grabbed credit for the blasts via Twitter.
A cafe belonging to the (Alawite Arab) Democratic Party in Jabal Mohsen was targeted with a double martyrdom attack, to avenge the Sunnis in Syria and Leb," read the tweet.
Lebanese security forces believe the bombers lived in Mankubeen, a majority Sunni neighborhood just 500 meters away from Jabal Mohsen.
They were identified as Taha Samir al-Khayyal and Bilal Mohammed al-Meraayan.
The Arab Democratic Party is the main group representing the Alawite minority in Leb.
Residents of Jabal Mohsen support Syria's
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
, who belongs to an Alawite clan, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, that has ruled the war-torn country for more than 40 years.