Lebanon Opens Investigation Into Syrian Militia Leader’s Abduction and Transfer to Syria
Syrian authorities say the arrest follows a joint intelligence operation and comes less than two weeks after the detention of his deputy, Jamal Traboulsi.
- On Thursday, Syrian authorities announced the arrest in Lebanon of paramilitary leader Mihrac Ural, also known as Ali Kayali, who is accused of orchestrating massacres during the civil war.
- Ural led the "Syrian Resistance," a paramilitary group that backed late leader Bashar al-Assad, and is suspected of planning the 2013 Reyhanli car bombings that killed 53 people.
- The arrest occurred less than two weeks after Jamal Traboulsi, identified as Ural's deputy, was captured, and resulted from a "joint operation" between Syrian intelligence and the Turkish National Intelligence Organization.
- Interior Minister Anas Khattab said on X, "The criminal Mihrac Ural is now where he should be," while Ahmad Zeydan, a media adviser to President Ahmad al-Sharaa, warned, "Every murderous criminal will be hunted down."
- Amid conflicting accounts, a security source told al-Modon that Ural was arrested in the Bekaa to "coordinate his activities," as Syria's new Islamist authorities continue arresting former Assad security officials.
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Lebanon opens investigation into Syrian militia leader’s abduction and transfer to Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities were investigating how a former Syrian militia commander suspected of committing crimes during the government of ousted President Bashar Assad was abducted in Lebanon and taken to Syria, judicial and security officials said Friday.
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Lebanon opens investigation into Syrian militia leader's abduction and transfer to Syria
Lebanese authorities are investigating how a former Syrian militia commander was kidnapped in Lebanon and taken to Syria.
The Syrian Embassy in Lebanon confirmed that it had no connection with or connection with the arrest of the criminal Ma ' aral, and that it had no information about the location and details of the operation. The Embassy explained that its role was limited to representing the Syrian Arab Republic in Lebanon, working to protect its interests and following up on cases related to its diplomatic missions, in accordance with established framework…
A Lebanese official said today that a Turkish-Syrian militia leader, an ally of the Bashar al-Assad regime, whose capture was announced by Damascus, was indeed “kidnapped” in Lebanon by Syrian and Turkish intelligence services, but claimed that Beirut had not been informed. The official Syrian news agency SANA reported yesterday the arrest of Ali Kayali, known as Mihrat Ural, the main suspect in the massacre that left at least 248 people dead in…
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