18 September 2004
●The Majdal Anjar events
North & Bekaa#Jihadist groups
AttackerArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)➜TargetLebanese Army
Between 18 and 22 September 2004 the army arrested ten people in Majdal Anjar on the charge of plotting to bomb the Italian embassy, among them Ismail al-Khatib, described as the head of al-Qaeda's organisation in Lebanon.