Saqr Charges 13 with Belonging to Abdullah Azzam Brigades
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Wednesday 13 people with belonging to the armed terrorist group, the al-Qaida-affiliated Abdullah Azzam Brigades, reported the National News Agency.
Detainee Jamal Daftardar is among those who have been charged.
They were accused of planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Lebanon and recruiting and training individuals ahead of transporting them outside of Lebanon.
Saqr also charged them with forging identification papers, firing rockets towards Israel, and possessing weapons and explosives.
Daftardar was arrested in the western Bekaa region on January 15.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the November 19 double suicide attack against the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
The brigades have claimed responsibility for attacks throughout the region, including the 2010 bombing of a Japanese oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and firing of several rocket strikes from Lebanon towards Israel.
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