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Coverage dated August 8, 2026 to August 9, 2026

Ex-Syrian officer is detained in Lebanon

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

BEIRUT -- Lebanese authorities detained a former senior Syrian military officer who commanded an army division under ousted President Bashar Assad and might hand him over to Damascus on crimes he is accused of committing, Lebanese judicial and security officials said Saturday.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Lebanon detains Assad-era general and weighs his handover to Syria over alleged crimes (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Lebanese authorities have detained a former senior Syrian military officer who commanded an army division under ousted President Bashar Assad

  2. Al Jazeera

    Lebanon ‘detains’ former al-Assad-era general, weighs handing him to Syria (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Judicial and security sources say a routine embassy visit landed a wanted former Syrian general in a Beirut jail cell.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Ex-Syrian officer is detained in Lebanon (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    BEIRUT -- Lebanese authorities detained a former senior Syrian military officer who commanded an army division under ousted President Bashar Assad and might hand him over to Damascus on crimes he is accused of committing, Lebanese judicial and security officials said Saturday.

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