turning in members of a terrorist cell to the competent judiciary authorities

The Lebanese Army Directorate of Intelligence turned in the members of a terrorist cell who were arrested in the city of Tripoli to the competent judiciary authorities. The cell is consisted of 11 individuals linked to Chady el-Moulawy, the leader in “Jabhat el-Nousra”, who fled to the camp of Ayn el-Helweh. The mentioned cell plotted to send car bombs to the suburbs of Beirut in order to assassinate citizens and active service officers as well as retired Army officers following the orders of el-Moulawy.

Based on the confessions of the terrorist cell members, several locations were raided in the city of Tripoli and large quantities of explosives were seized in addition to a suicide belt, remote explosive devices, weapons and ammunition as well as a handgun equipped with a firearms silencer.