Lebanon Charges Five in Alleged Hezbollah Network
Summary
In r/Lebanon, this announcement covers Lebanon’s charges against five detainees in an alleged network that brought more than 40 Assad loyalists from Syria and trained them with Hezbollah operatives. The case highlights reported illegal crossings, regional logistics and an arrest warrant for a suspect said to remain at large.
Lebanon charges 5 in alleged Hezbollah operation to train Assad loyalists
The detainees revealed in their initial interrogations that the network brought more than 40 members of Assad's forces from the Syrian coast through illegal crossings in northern Lebanon, in batches of five people at a time.
Among the detainees is Syrian Col. Manaf Ali Safi, an intelligence officer who headed one of the former Syrian regime's security branches.
The detainees also allegedly admitted that Hezbollah operatives trained the recruits under the direction of a man known as Hajj Alaa, who according to local reports managed logistics and housing for operatives in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Zahle in the east and Haret Saida in the south.
He also paid the trainees via an association affiliated with Hezbollah. According to LBCI, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Alaa, who remains at large.
Judicial sources revealed to Asharq al-Awsat earlier this month that the network was operating under the direction of Maj. Gen. Mohammed Jaber, the former commander of the Syrian army's Desert Brigade. Jaber now resides in Moscow.
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