BEIRUT – Lebanese security forces said that they had arrested a senior member of an al Qaeda-linked militant group that has carried out attacks in the country.
A security source described Bilal Mezher as an important catch – close to Sirajeddine Zureiqat – head of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. Mezher – who is Lebanese – was arrested in a special operation in Naameh area south of Beirut. “This special operation is part of a wider campaign to arrest terrorists and all those linked to terrorist groups,” the source told news agency.
The Abdullah Azzam group, named after a Palestinian regarded as the one-time spiritual mentor of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has claimed attacks across the region including a double suicide assault on Iran's Beirut embassy in 2014. The Azzam Brigades are designated by the US State Department as a foreign terrorist organisation.
DAILY TIMES.
YEMI.
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