Arrest Warrants Issued against 4 Suspects Linked with Abbas

The military tribunal issued on Monday arrest warrants against four people suspected of collaborating with al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades official Naim Abbas.

Judge Fadi Sawan issued the warrants against the suspects after questioning them, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Abbas, a top Abdullah Azzam Brigades official, has been charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group.

An arrest warrant was issued against him last week for also having ties with Jamal Daftardar, another terror suspect who is in custody.

Abbas, a Palestinian described as Abdullah Azzam Brigades' number two man in Lebanon, was arrested by the Lebanese army in the Beirut area of Corniche al-Mazraa on Feb. 12.

Also Monday, the lawyer of Abbas and a female terrorist suspect, Joumana Hmayyed, submitted motions to Judge Sawan, NNA said.

Sawan will take a decision on the motions before questioning them, it said.

Hmayyed was held the same day of Abbas' arrest on the Arsal-Labweh road in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

She was driving a booby-trapped car. Two other women, who were with her in the vehicle, have been released.