BEIRUT: A Lebanese national who had joined extremist group ISIS was killed in Iraq, according to media reports Friday.

Hasan al-Masri, better known by his nom de guerre “Aba al-Qassem al-Lubnani” was killed fighting alongside ISIS in Iraq.

Masri hails from the Tripoli neighborhood of Baddawi.

Around 400 people from north Lebanon are believed to have gone missing in recent months and are thought to have joined extremist groups in Iraq and Syria.

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