Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) foiled alleged ISIS terrorist attacks on Lebanese Army checkpoints and churches north of the country after arresting a suspect involved in the plot. The ISF Public Relations office issued a statement Friday announcing that the agency’s Information Branch has accomplished a quality operation by foiling a plan by ISIS to target an Army checkpoint and a church. The attack was to be executed by a Lebanese national, a former Roumieh prison inmate, who is affiliated to ISIS and is in direct contact with the organization in Syria. It said that based on judicial directives, ISF personnel performed a timely operation in the Jabal al-Badawi area, where they arrested H.S., a 23-year-old Lebanese citizen. It said that in early 2017, the arrested suspect was released from Roumieh where he was incarcerated for three years on charges of belonging to ISIS and of preparing to join the terrorist group in Syria. After being released from prison, H.S. was in contact with his relative M.S., a member of ISIS in Syria, seeking his help to move to the war-torn country and fight there. After contacting his relative, H.S. was linked to a person named Abu Hisham. The arrested suspect’s relative later informed H.S. to forget about going to Syria and instead, to work for the terrorist group in Lebanon. The ISF’s investigations revealed that H.S. was given instructions to execute terrorist operations against Lebanese Army personnel and checkpoints in the north of the country. The extremist group promised to provide him with weapons and explosive belts from Syria via the Wadi Khaled road. Abu Hisham had also asked H.S. to target a church. The arrested suspect confessed to belonging to the terrorist group and plotting the attacks. The ISF statement also said A.S, another suspect, was arrested for involvement in the terrorist plot.