The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades called for Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria, dared it to fight in Iraq, and threatened further attacks in Lebanon. Security forces blocked roads to Beirut’s Roumieh prison due to fears that the prison might be attacked. A roadside bomb detonated near an Army patrol in Tripoli. Security forces and Hezbollah are trying to thwart Islamic State plans to conduct further attacks, including suicide bombings, in Lebanon; the group is said to have infiltrated Palestinian refugee camps. The IS-linked Jund al Sham in the Ain al Hilweh camp reportedly has over 200 members. Attempts are still being made to free two kidnapped bishops in Syria.
