Security forces in the Bekaa valley arrested Syrian national Amjad Shehadeh, who is suspected of recruiting fighters for the Al Nusrah Front. Mohammad Abdeldayem al Aaraj, a.k.a. Abou Jassem, the head of the Free Syrian Army’s military council in the Syrian regions of Qusair and Qalamoun, was arrested on April 24 in Arsal with nine Syrian fighters. That same day, security forces also arrested three Syrians in Arsal; one had a suicide vest. A military judge issued 55 arrest warrants for suspects involved in Tripoli violence, including Arab Democratic Party figures Ali and Riifat Eid.
