LA Arrests Head of ’FSA’ Command Council in Arsal

Local Editor

The Lebanese Army arrested at a checkpoint in Wadi Hmayed in Arsal, head of the Qalamoun front and head of the so-called "Free Syrian Army" command council colonel Abdullah Rifai, while wandering in the outskirts of Arsal, with a fake Lebanese ID.

The National News Agency said that he was arrested, "while he was passing through a checkpoint in a GMC car, and he was undercover with a fake ID."

The statement added: "Khaled al-Hujairi and Syrian Abdullah Hussein al-Rifai were arrested in Arsal as the former was smuggling the latter to the outskirts of the town."

According to news agencies, Rifai "was arrested at an army checkpoint in Arsal while he was trying to enter Lebanon , with a fake ID."

"Rifai is one the list of wanted people by the army," a security source told VDL.
The source also added: "Rifai was accompanied by another person, who was taken to a barracks outside Arsal."

In August, violent clashes erupted between the army and extremist groups, that stormed the town of Arsal and withdrew to the outskirts of Arsal, kidnapping a number of army soldiers and policemen, some of whom are still abducted.

Negotiations are being made between the kidnappers, al-Nusra Front and the so-called "ISIL", knowing that al-Nusra Front has slaughtered soldier Mohammad Hamieh and the "ISIL" has executed both soldiers Ali al-Sayed and Abbas Medlej.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team