Defense Minister Ghosn announced the arrests of a number of suspects, including several Syrians, linked to bomb attacks in Beirut, Hermel, and east Lebanon in recent months, and warned that the country was beginning to fall into the “grip of terrorism.” The leader of Hezbollah claimed that recent bombings in Lebanon are the work of “jihadist groups” fighting in Syria, and said he was ready to go himself to Syria to fight.
