In recent weeks, Lebanese media reports, mostly based on security sources, have expressed concern about the prospect of attacks by the Islamic State group. In the past year, young men, estimated at 35–40, have left their homes in northern Lebanon to join the ranks of the jihadi group in Syria and Iraq, where they’ve received training and are sending money back to their families. Another group was reportedly stopped after parents alerted the security forces. The Lebanese military has also arrested an Islamic State operative who used the pseudonym “Baghdadi” and was connected to bombing plots.
A Jihadi Resurrection? (Mohanad Hage Ali, Carnegie Middle East Center)
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