IS arrests in Lebanon spark debate over national security risks

IS arrests in Lebanon spark debate over national security risks

Senior Lebanese security and political figures are divided over the implications of a recent wave of arrests linked to the Islamic State [IS] group, with some warning of a genuine security threat and others suggesting the group's resurgence is being exaggerated for political ends. Former Defence Minister Yacoub Sarraf old The New Arab that IS had "never truly left" Lebanon and that its remnants had continued to pose a threat to national stabilit…