Hariri on Indictment in Tripoli Mosques Bombings: Proven Involvement of Syrian Regime
Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri said on Friday that the court indictment decision that criminalized two Syrian intelligence officers in the 2013 double bombings of al-Salam and al-Taqwa mosques in the northern city of Tripoli, proves the direct involvement of the Syrian regime and its agencies in the crime.
“With the release of the indictment in the al-Taqwa and al-Salam bombings, I hereby convey my gratitude to the judiciary, security forces, the intelligence branch and the military forces that contributed to the decision,” said Hariri via Twitter.
Judge Alaa al-Khatib, the judicial investigator into the bombings, issued on Friday an indictment in the case which named two Syrian intelligence officers who supervised the operation the first is a captain in the Syrian Intelligence Palestine Branch Mohammed Ali Ali and the official in the Political Security Division Nasser Jouban, the state-run National News Agency said.
The indictment issued arrest warrants against the suspects and a permanent investigation to uncover the identities of involved senior officials who gave orders and orchestrated the attack.
It added that investigations have shown that the orders originated from a senior security branch in the Syrian Intelligence.
“The resolution clearly named two Syrian intelligence officers, Mohammed Ali Ali and Nasser Jouban thus accusing directly the (Syrian) regime, its intelligence and apparatuses,” added Hariri.
“From the first moment we said that we will not tire to prosecute those who committed this terrorist crime and that we will seek justice for our martyrs and the wounds of the innocent. Here we are finally to the moment of truth where justice has written warrants against intelligence officers of the (Syrian President Bashar) Assad regime who thought one day that no one will unveil them,” concluded Hariri.
On August 23, 2013, two car bombs exploded outside the al-Taqwa and al-Salam mosques in Tripoli, leaving 45 people dead and more than 800 injured.
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