Judge Indicts Two Syrian Officers over Tripoli Mosques Blasts
Lebanon on Friday indicted two Syrian intelligence officers it accused of involvement in a deadly 2013 double bomb blast in the northern city of Tripoli, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Judge Alaa al-Khatib, the judicial investigator into the 2013 bombings of al-Salam and al-Taqwa mosques in Tripoli, issued the indictment.
The indictment names Captain Mohamed Ali Ali, an official in the Palestine branch of Syria's intelligence services, and Nasser Jouban, an official in Syria's political security branch.
The two men, neither of whom is in custody, are accused of helping to prepare the attack, placing explosives in cars and assigning a Lebanese cell to carry out the bombing, which also wounded hundreds.
The indictment issued arrest warrants against the suspects and a permanent investigation to uncover the identities of involved high-ranking Syrian officials who gave orders and directed Ali and Jouban to organize them.
The double bombing killed 45 people, and a series of indictments have already been handed down against Lebanese and Syrians accused of involvement.
The attacks targeted two Sunni mosques in Tripoli, which has frequently experienced tensions between Sunnis and Alawites who belong to the same religious minority as Syrian President Bashar Assad and tend to support his government.
The blasts in the northern city were the deadliest attack in Lebanon since the country's 1975-1990 civil war and raised fears that the conflict in neighboring Syria could be inexorably seeping across the border.
over 8 years
If you accuse Assad. Then we have already accused Rifi for participating in the bombing of Da7iyeh it goes both ways.
over 8 years
lol, it's not "we" accuse.... it is the government and judicial system that we both supposedly respect. If you respect and agree with judiciary's daily indictments of people being charged on terrorism charges, it is also your duty as a Lebanese citizen ( which you are not ) to also respect their decision on this one too. You cannot be selective when it comes to the truth. When the Judiciary issues a verdict regarding Rifi, then come here and spew your sectarian hatred.
over 8 years
justin, are you serious trying to debate with this iranian. He and his masters already said it was Israel who did it. Israel also twisted Smaha's hands to transport explosives from Syria and planned to kill the Patriarch and the Mufti.
over 8 years
yes of course because your word is just as strong as that of a judge. You guys accused the STL of being biased, is the Lebanese judicial system also biased? or is it just vilayet e faqih that is unbiased? sheep...
over 8 years
DNA - 02/09/2016 الأسد يفجِّر في طرابلس..والمقاومة تتجاهل
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZUVndtlS_U
over 8 years
Mystic
"Then we have already accused Rifi for participating in the bombing of Da7iyeh it goes both ways."
But nassrallah said in his video interview on OTV, those who did the Tripoli bombings were the same people who did the dahyeh bombings and that the final say is in the hands of the Lebanese justice system.
The Lebanese justice system just issued its indictment of syrian intelligence officers in the Triploi bombing. It means assad also did the bombings on your people in dahyeh or is nassrallah wrong?
over 8 years
@Galaxy
well said ! lol
over 8 years
Justin, you must be really naïve to consider this Syrian/Iranian bootlicker known as mystic as Lebanese.
over 8 years
lol @mystic.taw.win
Actually, he deserves more:)!
over 8 years
أصدر القاضي آلاء الخطيب القرار الإتهامي في قضية تفجير مسجدي التقوى والسلام وقد تضمن القرار تسمية ضابطين في المخابرات السورية المخططين والمشرفين على عملية التفجير وهما النقيب في فرع فلسطين في المخابرات السورية محمد علي علي والمسؤول في فرع الامن السياسي في المخابرات السورية ناصر جوبان.ولم يكتف القرار بملاحقة الضابطين المكشوفة هوياتهما بل سطر مذكرات تحر دائم لمعرفة هويات الضباط المسؤولين عن الضابطين المنفذين الذين اعطوا الاوامر والتوجيهات للضابطين علي وجوبان لتنفيذ العملية وملاحقتهم، والتي بينت التحقيقات ان الامر قد صدر عن منظومة امنية رفيعة المستوى والموقع في المخابرات السورية، فضلا عن التوقيفات السابقة التي شملت الخلية اللبنانية المنفذة والمؤلفة من 5 اشخاص من جبل محسن وابرز الموقوفين فيها هو يوسف دياب الذي نفذ بيده عن بعد بواسطة جهاز، تفجير مسجد السلام.اما باقي افراد الخلية اللبنانية فقد فروا الى سوريا. اشارة الى ان القرار الاتهامي مؤلف من 44 صفحة فولسكاب.
over 8 years
Those syrian intelligence officers and the cell that planted the explosives were under the command of hezbollah. Nassrallah should be arrested and given the death penalty for killing and injuring more than 1,000 innocent Lebanese civilians.
over 8 years
The indictment issued arrest warrants against the suspects and a permanent investigation to uncover the identities of involved senior officials who gave orders and orchestrated the attack.
Who gave the order is Bashar Al Assad himself. No officer, soldier, judge, or government official can do anything in Syria without the explicit approval of this dictator.
Expel the Syrian Ambassador immediately.
over 8 years
Mrs. Ashraf Rifi social activities:
طرابلس مدينة للحياة وللمهرجانات… سليمة ريفي: لغة الفرح بطعم السكر
"نغادر طرابلس وصوت الموسيقى يصدح من مقاهيها حيث تعج ولساعات متأخرة من الليل بأبنائها وضيوفها، وشوق لهفة إنتظار “الحدث الكبير” يبقى حديث الساعة وحدث الموسم…"
http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2016/09/02/tripoli-328/
the above cannot be said for "secular", "progressive", and "islamic" dahieh.
over 8 years
sounds very "takfiri" to me :)
over 8 years
حزب الله يعترف بمقتل وائل إبراهيم سماحة في سوريا
over 8 years
Watch a Russian Helicopter going down today in flames after being hit by rebels TOW missile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YIjFKTMUk
over 8 years
How Sad..... How Awful
over 8 years
lovely
over 8 years
Read:
تفاصيل التخطيط والتنفيذ لتفجيري طرابلس... شخصيات مستهدفة ولقاءات مع ضابط سوري
http://www.annahar.com/article/460535-تفاصيل-التخطيط-والتنفيذ-لتفجيري-طرابلس-شخصيات-مستهدفة-ولقاءات-مع-الضابط-السوري?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=annahar&utm_campaign=daily
and you nominate Bashar Assad's childhood friend for president? How could you do that to your own people and country?!