General Security Arrests Syrian and Lebanese on Terror Charges

General Security announced on Saturday the arrest of a Syrian national and a Lebanese on charges of belonging to terrorist groups, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Within the efforts to hunt down terrorists, the General Security arrested a Syrian for his involvement with a terrorist group and a Lebanese for assisting him in transporting and sheltering terror members in return for money, said NNA.

The Syrian had admitted to belonging to the Ahrar al-Sham jihadist group.

He said that he was commissioned by Syrian Abu Abdul Rahman, the commander of the armed group that he was fighting along its ranks, to form a cell specialized in providing the group with financial and logistical support in addition to purchasing weapons.

He had also collaborated with a Lebanese to illegally smuggle wounded members of the group to Lebanon under false identities and to facilitate their escape.