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Lebanese Internal Security Forces foiled a planned Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist attack with the arrest of two ISIS fighters who were believed to be planning attacks inside of Lebanon.
The terrorists were planning to target a church, and Lebanese soldiers at their checkpoints across the country, before they were apprehended by the ISF.
This news follows troubling reports that ISIS is preparing a resurgence with the release of a credible video of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who had been rumored dead, but who has resurfaced for the first-time in 11 months.
As many as 20,000 Iraqi Christians are estimated to be in Lebanon, which is home to one of the largest native Christian populations in the Middle East. Lebanon is also host to a large number of Syrian refugees, both Christian and Muslim.
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