#France confirms citizen arrested in Beirut hotel raid
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France confirmed Tuesday one of its nationals had been arrested in #Lebanon on suspicion of planning an attack. Lebanese security forces on Friday detained 17 people in two hotels in Beirut following a tip-off that attacks by a “terrorist group” were being planned in the capital and other parts of the country. A judicial source told AFP Monday that all had been released except a Frenchman originally from the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean. French foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal confirmed Tuesday that “a French national was arrested in Beirut.” read more