DAILY SCOPE: Top Fugitives Arrested to Reveal Important Information
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NEWSPAPAERS HEADLINES:
AN-NAHAR:
Crisis Plan Includes Impoverished of Lebanon
AS-SAFIR:
Washington Does Not Rule Out Quick Topple of Hadi
AL-Mustaqbal:
Houthis Start Battle in Aden
AL-BINAA:
Turkey to Coordinate with Iraq, Jaafari in Coalition with Syria
DAILY STAR:
Capture of ISIS Suspects to Spark Arrests
With two top fugitives in the hands of the Lebanese authorities, a series of arrests is expected as the two possess a good handful of information on terrorist groups and activitiy in Lebanon. Meanwhile, more youth from the West travel to join the extremist groups in Syria, with a few stopped by their governments.
‘Israel', KSA will Not Hamper Nuclear Talks --- Al-Binaa
Naser Qandil writes "There are no signs of any Saudi or "Israeli" coming impediment to the Iran-West understanding on the Nuclear file."
According to his analysis, there is no way back for both sides, with Saudi Arabia and
‘Israel' acting without having any answers to how they will act after Iran andn Wahington reach an agreement. Both, according to Qandil are trying to add complications to the matter, in an attempt to impede the process, and that even though ‘Israel' has been trying to provoke all sides in the region, at the end of the day it stands with empty hands and helpless at the first test. He further says that politics has no room for suicide, and such will not change the rules of political action; hence existential issues cannot be solved.
Top Fugitives Arrested, Could Reveal Important Information - As-Safir
As-Safir newspaper published on Wednesday said two top fugitives, Omar and Bilal Mikati, are expected to reveal crucial data that would lead to busting terror networks and dormant cells in Lebanon and the arrest their members, who were described as highly dangerous.
The two terrorists Omar, 24, and his cousin Bilal, 23, were detained on Tuesday were detained while moving from Arsal to to the Bekaa town of al-Labweh near an army checkpoint in the town of Hrabta in the northeastern border town of Arsal, said the paper.
The army intelligence reportedly spotted the movement of the two men between the Syrian al-Qalamoun area and Arsal. They were visiting prominent figures in Arsal, including a well-known religious figure.
As-Safir said that a Syrian national was immediately arrested after the two Miqatis began testifying to investigators. Two fake Syrian identities were seized in the possession of the two, who were directly moved to the intelligence branch headquarters in Yarze.
As-Safir also said that the two militants, in cooperation with Fayez Othman, who has been detained recently, and others had formed an armed group and were charged with several dangerous offenses, including possessing and passing iformation of armed groups, recruiting individuals, training on the use of arms and explosives, and plotting to occupy the Dinniyeh region villages of Asoun, Bakhoun, Bqaa Safrine and Sir al-Dinniyeh with the aim of creating a
US Official: Assad No Doubt Part of Solution--- As-Safir
Zbigniew Brzezinski is still at the heart of political talk when it comes to US Foreign policy.
The politician, who spent years (1977-1981) as the US national security counselor during the time Jimmy Carter was in office told as-Safir newspaper on the sideline of the Brussels Forum [organized by the US German Marshall Found] that negotiating with al-Assad is not optional, and its ‘a reality whether we like it or not.'
"The best proof to that is during the past four years, al-Assad has been under attack from different sides, in a moment even clearly by the US and lately the US attack has become latent. So it is clear that he should be part of the solution in a way or another, but I do not think the United States will state the solution."
Australian Teenager Heading to Join "ISIL Stopped" --- The Guardian
A 17-year-old boy has been caught apparently trying to fly out of Australia to join conflicts in the Middle East. The teenager was taken off a plane at Sydney airport on 12 March and interviewed by counter-terrorism officers, immigration minister Peter Dutton revealed on Wednesday.
He is the third teenager government officials have intercepted among about 200 people stopped from heading overseas to become foreign fighters with terrorist groups. The boy has been returned to his family and the Australian federal police and Asio are investigating the matter.
Prime minister Tony Abbott said while it was hard to believe people who had grown up in Australia's free and open society could be susceptible to brainwashing by extremist groups such as "ISIL", it was clearly happening.
Source: al-Ahed news
