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| Lebanon arrests 5 Syrians, 1 Palestinian suspect in Beirut bombings |
| 2015-11-15 |
| [AlArabiya] Lebanese authorities arrested five Syrians and a Palestinian suspected of being implicated in the twin suicide bombings in central Beirut on Thursday that killed 43 people, a senior security source said on Saturday. The bombings in a busy residential and commercial area that is a stronghold for Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah were claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “Within 24 hours the network was arrested in the fastest uncovering of a bombing incident in the country,” the source said. The explosions were the first attacks in more than a year to target a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon, as the Iran-backed group steps up its involvement in the war in neighbouring Syria. More at the link |
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