Syria Issues Arrest Warrants for Lebanese Figures Accused of ’Backing Armed Groups’
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The Syrian judiciary has issued arrest warrants for Lebanese figures “on charges of backing and financing armed groups,” Sky News Arabia reported on Monday.
Earlier in the day, Damascus’ First Attorney-General Mohammed Marwan al-Loji said in an interview with al-Manar television that “the Syrian judicial authorities are preparing arrest warrants for several Lebanese political figures, including lawmakers, on charges of providing all sorts of support to the armed terrorist groups in Syria, such as the trafficking of weapons and gunmen.”
Loji declined to mention any names but al-Manar quoted Syrian sources as saying that several Mustaqbal officials and MPs were involved, including ex-PM Saad Hariri and MPs Khaled al-Daher and Oqab Saqr.
The sources also said arrest warrants might be issued for Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.