Lebanese, Palestinian Charged over Ties with Daftardar

The military prosecutor charged on Tuesday two suspects for having ties with Jamal Daftardar, a prominent official in the al-Qaida linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades.

The charges were issued by Judge Saqr Saqr against a Lebanese man, who is in custody, and another Palestinian suspect.

Saqr referred their case to the first military examining magistrate, Imad al-Zain, who set next Thursday to question the Lebanese suspect.

Daftardar was arrested in the western Bekaa region on January 15.

He was charged with belonging to the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion, which is part of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades.

Several of the latest attacks on Hizbullah strongholds have been claimed by the brigades whose leader Majed al-Majed was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in custody later month.