Lebanon uncovers ISIS network plotting Beirut airport attack

The Islamic State network uncovered by Lebanese security forces was composed of Palestinian, Syrian and Yemeni terrorists who were plotting attacks on a broad range of targets from the northern town of Tripoli to Nabatea in the south and including Beirut international airport. Four suspects were detained and a bomb belt detonated. Members of the network communicated with their controllers mainly from the Palestinian refugees camps of Ain el-Hilweh in Sidon, Bourj al-Barajneh and Shatila in southern Beirut.

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