Lebanon detains Hezbollah members as PM pledges end to impunity

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Concerns about internal strife are growing amid tensions between Lebanese authorities and Hezbollah.

BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces arrested five alleged members of Hezbollah on Tuesday in the country's latest move targeting the Iran-backed Shiite group.

What happened: The suspects were apprehended in the mountainous area between the Batroun and Bcharre districts in Lebanon's North governorate. Local media reported that an Internal Security Forces (ISF) patrol spotted the five men in a vehicle acting suspicious. As officers approached them, they began destroying documents and maps in their possession and were subsequently arrested.

While authorities have not identified the five suspects, news reports allege that only one of them is from the governorate, specifically Zgharta al-Mtawle, while the other four are from Tyre, Bint Jbeil and Khiam in the south and the northern Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon.

The nature of the documents they had remains unclear. Riad Tawk, a journalist for the local Beirut Time, reported that they contained lists of locations across the Koura, Batroun and Bcharre districts as well as names and weapons, including sniper rifles.

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