Lebanon: Embassy terror attack foiled

Lebanese troops have arrested members of a terrorist network that planned to attack a western embassy and other foreign targets.

The army’s Directorate of Orientation said the network was exposed and its members detained with the help of the Syrian forces in Lebanon. Syria has nearly 25,000 troops stationed in the country.

The statement did not identify the foreign embassy, but said it belonged to a “major western state,” or the other intended targets.

The network planned to attack security and military centres in Lebanon and to kidnap government officials to bargain for the release of their detained comrades, the army said.