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Lebanon 'arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades'
Source: BBC
1 January 2014 Last updated at 17:27 GMT
Lebanon 'arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades'
The Lebanese authorities are reported to have arrested the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran's embassy in November.
Defence Minister Fayez Ghosn told the AFP news agency that Majid al-Majid, the Saudi "emir" of the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was being held by army intelligence in Beirut.
He later denied making any statement, but other sources confirmed the arrest.
The embassy attack killed 23 people, including the Iranian cultural attache.
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Lebanon 'arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades'
The Lebanese authorities are reported to have arrested the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran's embassy in November.
Defence Minister Fayez Ghosn told the AFP news agency that Majid al-Majid, the Saudi "emir" of the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was being held by army intelligence in Beirut.
He later denied making any statement, but other sources confirmed the arrest.
The embassy attack killed 23 people, including the Iranian cultural attache.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25566784
Source: Reuters
Lebanese intelligence questioning Saudi militant, security source says
BEIRUT Wed Jan 1, 2014 10:49am EST
(Reuters) - Lebanese intelligence agents are interrogating the Saudi leader of a militant group that claimed a double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut last November, a Lebanese security source said on Wednesday.
U.S. national security sources on Tuesday confirmed the detention of Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid, reported leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which operates throughout the Middle East and has links to al Qaeda.
The Lebanese source, who declined to be named, said Majid had been arrested by the Lebanese army together with another Saudi militant, but did not say when they were captured or identify the second man. He said Majid had been living in the city of Sidon.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades' Twitter account, from which they claimed the attack on the Iranian embassy, did not mention the arrest.
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BEIRUT Wed Jan 1, 2014 10:49am EST
(Reuters) - Lebanese intelligence agents are interrogating the Saudi leader of a militant group that claimed a double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut last November, a Lebanese security source said on Wednesday.
U.S. national security sources on Tuesday confirmed the detention of Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid, reported leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which operates throughout the Middle East and has links to al Qaeda.
The Lebanese source, who declined to be named, said Majid had been arrested by the Lebanese army together with another Saudi militant, but did not say when they were captured or identify the second man. He said Majid had been living in the city of Sidon.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades' Twitter account, from which they claimed the attack on the Iranian embassy, did not mention the arrest.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/01/us-syria-crisis-azzam-idUSBREA000CD20140101