A qualitative operation for the Intelligence Directorate and arresting the prince of ISIS inside Ain el Helwe camp

Thursday, 22 September 2016

The Army Headquarters- Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:
As a result of meticulous monitoring and follow up and in a qualitative operation, an Intelligence Directorate force was able to arrest this morning in Hay el Taware' inside Ain el Helwe camp, Palestinian individual Imad Yassine AKA the prince of ISIS in the mentioned camp.
Yassine, wanted by several arrest warrants, was prior to his arrest executing several terrorist attacks against army posts, vital and touristic sites, malls, popular locations and residences in several Lebanese regions with the assistance of terrorist organizations outside the country.
Investigation with the arrsted individual was initiated under the supervision of the relevant authorities.