An explosion rocked the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Arsal on Tuesday (April 25th), with Lebanese media reporting that it resulted from the accidental detonation of an explosive device that Al-Nusra Front (ANF) elements were preparing.
The explosion in the Khirbet Younin area killed ANF bomb maker Abu Qassem al-Talli and seriously wounded his assistant, Ahmed Abu Daoud, the National News Agency reported.
Meanwhile, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) on Tuesday announced the arrest last week of two Lebanese men who had formed a cell linked to the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL), Naharnet reported.
One of the men confessed to endorsing and promoting ISIL's ideology and said he had tried to convince several young men to join the group.
Around two years ago, he left for Syria's al-Raqa, where he joined ISIL and underwent religious and military training, the ISF said, adding that he also confessed to working with the group in several fields, especially logistics.
"He had close ties with several prominent leaders of the group in Syria and Lebanon and he accompanied the five-member family of one of the most prominent leaders of the group in Lebanon to al-Raqa," the statement added.
The two detainees have been referred to the Military Court.
