BEIRUT: The Lebanese army said on Friday it had detained a leading local Islamic State group commander and 10 other members in a raid near the border with Syria.

The army said special forces and other troops carried out the dawn attack on an IS headquarters in the mountainous eastern area of Arsal.

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