Internal Security Forces

The Internal Security Forces – ISF (Arabic: المديرية العامة لقوى الأمن الداخلي | al-Mudiriyya al-'aamma li-Qiwa al-Amn al-Dakhili) or Forces de Sécurité Intérieure (FSI) in French, are the national police and security force of Lebanon. Modern police were established in Lebanon in 1861, with creation of the Gendarmerie. In April 2005, Ashraf Rifi became head of the ISF, replacing Ali Hajj. Rifi then started to recruit younger members to become part of Lebanese Intelligence. His term ended in April 2013, and he was replaced by Roger Salem.

The Security Forces contained 30000 people by 2000.

Missions
Their missions include :
 * Maintaining public order.
 * Highway patrol.
 * Counterterrorism.

Organization
Ministry of the interior
 * Inspector-General
 * Directorate General of Internal Security Forces
 * Staff
 * Territorial Gendarmerie
 * Mobile Gendarmerie
 * Judicial Police
 * Central Administration
 * Beirut Police
 * ISF Institute
 * Social Services
 * Commander of the Security of Embassies and Public Administration