During security sweeps in Tripoli and the Bekaa valley, authorities arrested additional suspects on charges of murder, kidnapping, auto theft, membership in a terrorist group, and other crimes. Among those arrested yesterday in Arsal was Ahmed al Atrash, suspected of rigging explosives-packed vehicles; he is the brother of slain terrorist Sami al Atrash and a cousin of Omar Ibrahim al Atrash, who was reportedly involved in transporting suicide bombers. The three men were allegedly part of group led by Ibrahim al Atrash, who is linked with the Al Nusrah Front and the Abdullah Azzam Brigades in Greater Syria.
