Lebanon arrests 5 for forming IS-affiliated terrorist cell: newspaper

BEIRUT, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese General Security arrested five people last month for forming a terrorist cell affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), the daily newspaper Al Akhbar reported Monday.

Preliminary investigations revealed that one of the detainees admitted to having prepared to carry out a terrorist attack on a church in the northern city of Tripoli on Christmas Eve last year, said the newspaper.