15 August 2015
●Ahmad al-Assir arrested at Beirut airport
Beirut & suburbs#Jihadist groups
AttackerLebanese state (presidency, cabinet, parliament)➜TargetArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)
On 15 August 2015 General Security arrested Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir at Beirut airport, disguised and carrying a forged passport as he tried to travel, two years after his flight following the battle of Abra; he was sentenced to death in 2017.