General Security has arrested two ISIS-linked men who were planning to carry out car bomb attack in Beirut, a security source said Saturday. The source told The Daily Star that the men, identified by the initials T.K. and M.H., were coordinating with an ISIS commander based in Qalamoun, on the eastern outskirts of Lebanon, to carry out the attack. The two, arrested about a month ago, have been referred to a military court, the source added. ISIS militants are concentrated mostly on the outskirt of Lebanon's northeastern border towns of Arsal, Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa. Lebanon was rocked by a series of bombings over 2013 and 2014 carried out by Syria-based extremists, including ISIS and the Nusra Front. Most of the bombs targeted Shiite areas in Beirut's southern suburbs and in east Lebanon where Hezbollah maintains wide support.
