Lebanese security forces arrested a man on Wednesday on suspicion of having recruited fighters for the ISIS terror group, the security authorities said in a statement.

BEIRUT (Sputnik) � The arrested Lebanese national has confessed to�having facilitated the transportation of�would-be jihadists to�Syria and Iraq together with�an accomplice.

The Lebanese army said earlier it had arrested a Syrian national, Mahmoud Hussein Ossman, for�being a member of�the Nusra Front jihadist group and fighting against�the Lebanese military in�2014.

Islamic State and the Nusra Front are outlawed by�many nations as�terrorist organizations. They have been excluded from�all peace talks and ceasefire deals in�neighboring Syria.

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