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| Lebanon 'arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades' | Lebanon 'arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades' |
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| The Lebanese authorities are reported to have arrested the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran's embassy in November. | The Lebanese authorities are reported to have arrested the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran's embassy in November. |
| Defence Minister Fayez Ghosn told AFP that Majid al-Majid, the Saudi "emir" of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was being held by Lebanese army intelligence in Beirut. | Defence Minister Fayez Ghosn told AFP that Majid al-Majid, the Saudi "emir" of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was being held by Lebanese army intelligence in Beirut. |
| Hezbollah's al-Manar television also said Majid was detained "recently". | Hezbollah's al-Manar television also said Majid was detained "recently". |
| The embassy attack killed 23 people, including the Iranian cultural attache. | The embassy attack killed 23 people, including the Iranian cultural attache. |
| A cleric close to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades warned attacks would continue in Lebanon until Hezbollah forces stopped fighting alongside government forces in Syria and its prisoners were released in Lebanon. | A cleric close to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades warned attacks would continue in Lebanon until Hezbollah forces stopped fighting alongside government forces in Syria and its prisoners were released in Lebanon. |
| Wednesday's reports did not say when Majid al-Majid was captured. | |
| Al-Manar cited Lebanese security sources as saying that two attacks on army checkpoints outside the southern city of Sidon on 15 December had been attempts to free him. | |
| A soldier and four gunmen were killed in the ensuing clashes in the suburb of Majdelyoun, for which there was no claim of responsibility. |