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General Security Arrests Syrian Nusra Members Linked to Arsal Servicemen Executions
On 16 Feb 16, the General Security announced the arrest of five (5) Syrian members of the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front group, one of whom is linked to the execution of soldiers kidnapped by the group and the Islamic State in 2014. They confessed after interrogation to forming a terror cell aimed at carrying out bombings through booby-trapped cars. One detainee is a religious al-Nusra leader in the Arsal region in northeastern Lebanon and Syria's al-Qalamoun near the border. He headed an armed group that took part in the Arsal battles against the army in August 2014. The detainee also used his religious role in al-Nusra Front to issue a blessing to execute abducted soldiers Mohammed Hamieh and Ali Bazzal. He shot the footage of Hamieh's execution, which was performed by a Syrian national who was arrested at a previous time.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/202280-general-security-arrests-syria...