(Xinhua) -- Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested two Syrian citizens in north Lebanon for allegedly belonging to the Fatah al-Islam group, local Naharnet news website reported. The two were identified as Mohammed Sheik Othman and Ahmad Hassan Labj, said the report. The arrests were made in line with a manhunt launched by the Lebanese army and police for Fatah al-Islam members who had escaped the army crackdown on Nahr al-Bared camp since May 20, it added. Earlier on Thursday, the Lebanese army killed two Fatah al-Islam members in separate clashes in the northern Akkar province.
On Sept. 2, the Lebanese army launched its final assault on the camp, which is located some 12 km north of the Lebanese city of Tripoli, and took full control of the camp. At least 224 Fatah al-Islam members have been killed since the confrontation with the army broke out. The army lost 163 soldiers in the 106-day confrontation that ended. The Lebanese government lists Fatah al-Islam as a terrorist network aimed at destabilizing Lebanon.