Army Arrests Spy Network Leader in Jezzine
The Lebanese army intelligence in the south has arrested the leader of a network allegedly spying for Israel and providing it with information on Hizbullah, As Safir daily reported Friday.
The newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that the army was questioning the man identified only with his initials as M.S. over years of collaboration with Israel in the areas of Jezzine and Kfarhouna.
The sources said that the army was searching for the other members of the network. They did not give other details.
Last month, a Lebanese military court sentenced Amin Ibrahim al-Baba to death on charges of spying for Israel's Mossad.
The verdict brings to six the number of men sentenced to death on spying charges since 2009.
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