Lebanese security forces have arrested two more suspects on charges of espionage amid attempts to dismantle Israeli spy networks in the in the Middle Eastern country.
One of the suspects is Khalil Nabaa, said to be the brother-in-law of Khulud Nabaa, who was previously arrested on charges of spying in Lebanon, the English-language newspaper Daily Star reported Saturday.
A 28-year-old woman was arrested in the southern region of Marjayoun-Hasbaya on Friday on similar charges.
Lebanon has apprehended at least 30 suspects since it launched a major crackdown on Israeli spy networks over the past two months; at least 18 of whom have been charged.
Meanwhile, an Israeli spy arrested in Lebanon has confessed to being involved in a plot to facilitate the assassination of Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Ziad Homsi, arrested in Lebanon, admitted that he had been tasked with meeting with the Hezbollah leader "so that Israel could follow Homsi's route from his home town to the place where he would meet Nasrallah," the Lebanese daily As-Safir reported.
Courtesy : Press TV
One of the suspects is Khalil Nabaa, said to be the brother-in-law of Khulud Nabaa, who was previously arrested on charges of spying in Lebanon, the English-language newspaper Daily Star reported Saturday.
A 28-year-old woman was arrested in the southern region of Marjayoun-Hasbaya on Friday on similar charges.
Lebanon has apprehended at least 30 suspects since it launched a major crackdown on Israeli spy networks over the past two months; at least 18 of whom have been charged.
Meanwhile, an Israeli spy arrested in Lebanon has confessed to being involved in a plot to facilitate the assassination of Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Ziad Homsi, arrested in Lebanon, admitted that he had been tasked with meeting with the Hezbollah leader "so that Israel could follow Homsi's route from his home town to the place where he would meet Nasrallah," the Lebanese daily As-Safir reported.
Courtesy : Press TV
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