Lebanese President Michel Aoun hailed the major operation carried out by the Lebanese Army in the northeastern town of Arsal on Friday in which a senior commander was detained along with other terrorists.
“Such major operations boost stability in the country and put an end to the terrorist plots and disclose their perpetrators,” Aoun said, according to the National News Agency, NNA.
The Lebanese Army detained on Friday a senior ISIL commander, Ahmad Youssef Ammoun, along with 11 terrorists in a pre-emptive operation in the outskirts of Arsal.
President Aoun meanwhile, ordered to continue investigations with the 11 detained terrorists in a bid to disclose more terrorist cell operating in the region, NNA added.
The Lebanese army announced on Friday that his special forces staged a raid in Arsal. In a statement the army said that Ammoun along with 11 terrorists were arrested, noting that the senior ISIL commander was critically wounded during the operation.
