Lebanon foils IS plan to assassinate senior army officer

BEIRUT, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's military intelligence department arrested on Saturday a suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) who had planned an assassination of a senior army officer.

Lebanese army said in a communique that Hassan Hamad al-Hassan, the suspected terrorist, had planned to target a senior officer in the army via a sniper or by means of an explosive device.

Al-Hassan was also commissioned by his cell in al-Raqqa to prepare the necessary explosives to carry out suicide bombings on Lebanese army facilities and centers, as well as several northern villages.