Spying network accused of collaborating with Israel unveiled Late yesterday, Military Prosecutor Nasri Lahhoud announced the discovery of a spying network working for Israel. Some of them are accused of spying for Israel on the Lebanese Resistance, the Lebanese Army and Syrian troops in Lebanon and in some parts of Syria.
Lebanese law forbids citizens from contacting or dealing with Israel.
Lahhoud demanded death sentences for some suspects and imprisonment for others. The indictment added the group was formed in 1995 to monitor military movements in areas outside the Israeli occupied zone and Syrian military bases east of Damascus. The ring was uncovered after a tip-off from the deputy head of the Israeli allied militia's intelligence services in the eastern sector of the occupied zone, Raja Ward, who had surrendered to the Lebanese army two weeks ago. Hrawi and Dalloul discuss security situation President Elias Al-Hrawi today held talks at the presidential palace in Baabda with Defense Minister Mohsen Dalloul concerning security investigations on the recently uncovered spying network. Following a meeting with a delegation from the executive committee of the union of full-time professors in the Lebanese University, Hrawi stressed the important role of the Lebanese University in presenting the government with plans regarding economy, reconstruction, and education.