The state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday that three indictments were issued against detainees held on terror charges. Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan issued indictments against the suspects for belonging to a terrorist organization. They were also charged with fighting the army and killing an officer and troops. Lebanese Mahmoud Khodr Sheikho was accused of participating in the battles against the army in the clashes that took place between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen in the northern city of Tripoli. The second suspect, identified as Abdel Rahman Mahmoud al-Badawi, Lebanese, is charged with belonging to the armed group of arrested cleric Sheikh Ahmed Hoblos. The third indictment charges two Lebanese nationals of the al-Khalaf family and Syrian from al-Atrash family with belonging to the Islamic State group, fighting the army in the border town of Arsal, and killing and attempting to kill soldiers. According to the news agency, one of the Lebanese suspects is still at large and was charged in absentia. The suspects may face the death penalty if convicted. In August, the Lebanese army engaged in fierce clashes with extremists from the IS and al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front when they shortly overran Arsal. A number of soldiers and jihadists were killed during the battles. Hoblos was arrested for participating in clashes with the army in Tripoli in October 2014 and for his links to jihadist organizations in Syria. The cleric was arrested by the concerned security apparatuses last April.