Syria Hands Lebanese Army a Suspect in LF Official's Killing

Syria hands Lebanese Army a suspect in LF official's killing

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Lebanon receives suspect in Lebanese Forces official’s killing

Lebanon's army said Saturday it had taken into custody a suspect in last year's killing of a Christian political official, with help from Syria's new authorities, in a case that sparked public outrage. Pascal Sleiman, a coordinator in the Byblos (Jbeil) area north of Beirut for the Lebanese Forces (LF) Christian party, was abducted and killed in April 2024. The army had said he was killed in a carjacking by Syrian gang members who then took his …

Beirut - Arab Jerusalem: In a step reflecting an emerging security coordination between Lebanon and Syria, the Syrian authorities handed over the Intelligence Directorate of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Al-Mujahid Ahmed Nun, accused of leading the gang that abducted and killed a coordinator of the Lebanese forces in the Jubail region, Pascal Sulaiman, in April last year.

This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more exclusive news and reports, visit our website. The Army Command - Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement: After a series of contacts conducted by the Army Cooperation and Coordination Office with the Syrian authorities, the office received the citizen (A.N.), who is one of the main persons involved in the crime of kidnapping and killing the citizen Pascal Suleiman on …

After a series of contacts by the Army Cooperation and Coordination Office with the Syrian authorities, the Army Command Directorate issued the following statement: A.N., one of the main perpetrators of the kidnapping and killing of Pascal Sleiman on 7 April 2014, was handed over to the Army Intelligence Directorate in parallel with the security follow-up to the crime. The detainee was led by a gang of kidnapping, theft and forgery, against whom…