Lebanon nabs ISIS militant involved in 'dozens of attacks’

The Lebanese army on Thursday (June 27th) announced the arrest of an "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) militant involved in "dozens of terrorist attacks", Naharnet reported.

"The Intelligence Directorate has arrested the terrorist Hussein Ahmed al-Hujeiri who belongs to ISIS and is wanted on multiple arrest warrants," the army said.

"He is accused of carrying out dozens of terrorist operations against civilians and the armed forces, including participation in the assassination of Internal Security Forces chief warrant officer Zaher Ezzeddine," the army statement said.

Al-Hujeiri also played a "key role in transferring arms to the terrorist groups and recruiting individuals and transporting them to fight inside Syria", the army said.

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