Military investigative Judge Imad Zein issued on Thursday (August 28) an arrest warrant against Imad and Ahmed Jomaa following a four-hour interrogation session. Following the hearing, his lawyer Tareq Shandab said that his client denied his affiliation to the Islamic State. Jomaa's arrest at a Lebanese army checkpoint led to clashes on August 2 between the army and Islamist militants in the northeastern border town of Arsal. The clashes left at least 20 soldiers dead and 86 injured, while at least 30 ISF and LAF soldiers remain missing, presumably kidnapped by the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front militants. On Thursday (August 07), a military source stated that a truce in Arsal appeared to be holding and the situation in the border town was quiet. However, on Thursday (August 28) clashes erupted once again between LAF troops and armed gunmen, whereby reinforcements were called in. Sources told LBCI that the Lebanese Armed Forces secured the release of 4 soldiers reported missing in Arsal, noting that the whereabouts of a fifth soldier remained unknown. The Muslim Scholars Committee had launched an initiative to ensure the return of the kidnapped soldiers who were reported missing during the first round of violence, and served as a mediator between the gunmen and the Lebanese authorities. Later on, the Association declared that it will suspend all activities to make way for other sides to deploy efforts in this regard. The gunmen had issued a list of demands, which include the release of several Islamist inmates from the infamous Roumieh prison. A demand the interior minister had rejected. Lebanese security officials say the fighters include members of al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, and an al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.