Report: Hezbollah disbands ISIL-linked cell in Dahiyeh

Hezbollah managed to disband a 'latent' terrorist cell affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in the Southern suburbs of Beirut, Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted security sources as saying.

According to the report, Hezbollah identified and uncovered the ISIL-linked cell which was running its operations in Dahiyeh under the cover of trade activities.

The members of the terrorist group worked in a confectionery store and had relations with the Saudi intelligence agency, it added.

They were arrested by the Lebanese army forces after Hezbollah provided them with intelligence about the terrorist cell.