The Lebanese Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau arrested a Syrian citizen accused of plotting terrorist attacks targeting Christian and Shiite places of worship.
In a statement on Monday, the ISF said that Z.M., a 29-year-old Syrian living in the southern town of Yater, had been actively promoting terrorist ideology through social media and managed to recruit another Syrian, identified as S.B.
Both were planning to carry out attacks on religious sites in the South.
Security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Z.M. "had been closely monitored". Security forces documented his contacts and movements and noted his increased enthusiasm for terrorist acts following the attacks that rocked Sri Lanka in April.
He was arrested in early June.
The investigation revealed that the man was active on social media in spreading ISIS ideology and promoting it through the establishment of a large number of networks and groups on a number of apps.
He was also associated with people outside Lebanon and had collaborated with them to set up online groups that are active in spreading and promoting terrorist ideology.
