Arrest Warrants Issued against 3 Syrians over Attempt to Fire Rockets from Aramoun to Dahieh
Arrest warrants were issued on Wednesday against Syrians over their involvement in an attempt to fire rockets from the Aramoun region to Beirut's southern suburbs, reported the National News Agency.
Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawan issued three arrest warrants against Mohammed and Ghayyath Qarhathan and Omar al-Dirani.
Mohammed and Ghayyath Qarhathan were interrogated and charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group and attempting to fire the rockets from Aramoun to Dahieh.
Dirani was meanwhile questioned and charged with harboring the two other Syrians.
On May 26, four people were wounded in a rocket attack on Beirut's southern suburbs.
The Lebanese army said in a statement that a rocket was fired at a car dealership near the Mar Mikhael church and another landed in the Maroun Misk neighborhood.
On August 1, two rockets fired from an area near the town of Aramoun in Aley struck locations near the presidential palace and the Defense Ministry in Baabda.
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