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Five suspected of Hezbollah links arrested in the Jurd of Bsharri and Batroun as investigations widen

Security information reported the arrest of five people in a Jurd area adjacent to the Bsharri and Batroun districts on suspicion of links to Hezbollah, after torn documents containing plans, group deployments and weapons requests were seized. Investigations continue in the case dubbed the 'Jurd cell', with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam following the file and parliamentary calls to broaden the probe. In parallel, investigations continue into the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani.

📍 Where things stand: Investigations into the 'Jurd cell' case are still ongoing with no final results announced, amid follow-up by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and parliamentary calls to widen the probe.

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12 Nov 2026, 00:00 Information reported to Annahar said the five detainees in the Jurd of Bsharri and Batroun, described as affiliated with Hezbollah, tried to destroy documents containing work plans for Tripoli and Koura, a distribution of tasks and requests for support and weapons, as the investigation expands. The information said the detainees are affiliated with the 'Charitable Association for the Revival of the Five Villages' in Benhran, raising questions about civil frameworks, while in parallel investigations continue into the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani.
12 Nov 2026, 06:32 MP Strida Geagea of the Strong Republic bloc said she called Prime Minister Nawaf Salam immediately after five elements were arrested in the Shira area of the Bsharri-Tannourine Jurd, saying the detainees are not from the region and that maps and military plans were in their possession. She rejected linking their presence to confronting Israel given the region's distance from the southern border, stressing that she awaits the investigation's results before taking any political position.
12 Nov 2026, 06:35 Security information revealed the arrest of five people in the Jurd of Bsharri and Batroun after torn documents indicating plans, group deployments and weapons requests were seized, in a case dubbed the 'Jurd cell'. The information spoke of people affiliated with Hezbollah entering an apartment in Benhran and removing devices and documents, while Prime Minister Nawaf Salam followed the investigations, stressing they would have no ceiling other than the law, amid parliamentary calls to expand them.
12 Nov 2026, 06:41 Information reported to Nidaa al-Watan said the Internal Security Forces arrested five people suspected of links to Hezbollah in a Jurd area adjacent to the Bsharri and Batroun districts, after they tried to flee and tore up documents. Documents were seized containing references to the 'Rashkida plan' and the 'Koura plan', a distribution of groups, weapons requests and snipers, while security sources spoke of people entering an apartment in Benhran and seizing communication devices, documents and maps; investigations are ongoing.