ISF launch Beirut, Dahiyeh security plan

Lebanese Security forces took into force a security plan in Beirut and its southern suburbs to apprehend outlaws, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Security members erected a number of checkpoints on the main and sub streets in the area, NNA pointed out, as units deployed in the area.

The security plan, which includes Hizbullah's stronghold of Dahiyeh, is reportedly widely supported by the party and AMAL movement.

A similar plan was adopted by the government in 2014 and implemented in the northern city of Tripoli.

Sources close to Hizbullah said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper that "the residents of Dahiyeh and the parties in the area staunchly support the enforcement of such a plan." The sources said that the plan seeks to fortify security in Beirut's southern suburbs, stressing that the state has a significant presence in the area, citing the various checkpoints erected by the army, Internal Security Forces and the General Security.