{"id":140012,"date":"2026-08-08T17:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=140012"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:45:57","slug":"lebanon-arrests-syrian-officer-accused-of-past-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/140012\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon arrests Syrian officer accused of past crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> &#8211; Lebanese authorities arrested on Saturday&nbsp; Maj. Gen. Adel Issa, former commander of the Syrian army\u2019s 17th Division, after he arrived at the Syrian Embassy in Beirut to complete an administrative procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the arrest was made over serious allegations against Issa related to \u201cmurder, torture, and crimes against humanity\u201d allegedly committed in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior Lebanese judicial source said Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation Judge Ahmed Rami al-Haj ordered Issa\u2019s detention pending investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge sent a patrol from the Central Criminal Investigations Department to the Syrian Embassy, where officers took custody of Issa and transferred him to the detention facility at Beirut\u2019s Palace of Justice. An investigation then began into his legal status and the allegations against him, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judicial source told Asharq Al-Awsat that al-Haj had \u201csent a letter to the Syrian prosecutor general, requesting that he submit Issa\u2019s judicial file to review the allegations against him and the available evidence, in preparation for taking the appropriate decision on whether to hand him over to the Syrian authorities, in accordance with legal procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) &#8211; Lebanese authorities arrested on Saturday&nbsp; Maj. Gen. Adel Issa, former commander of the Syrian army\u2019s 17th Division, after he arrived at the Syrian Embassy in Beirut to complete an administrative procedure. 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