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Lebanon Army confirms arrest of key ISIS commander

March 6, 2015 by administrator

Lebanese soldiers are seen during raids in the Bekaa Valley,

BEIRUT: A Syrian suspect who was being treated at a Bekaa Valley hospital for wounds sustained in recent clashes with the Lebanese Army in Ras Baalbek has emerged as a key ISIS commander, a Lebanese Army statement said Friday.

The statement said Hasan Ghorli, nicknamed Abu Hareth al-Ansari, “is one of the most dangerous detained terrorists.”

Ghorli was arrested March 3 for his role in the August battle against the Lebanese Army on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal and the Feb. 23 attack on an Army post in Talet al-Hamra on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek, which left him wounded after soldiers repelled the militants, according to the statement. report The Daily Star

The Army said Ghorli confessed he belonged to ISIS and that he had headed an armed group that pledged allegiance to ISIS in July 2014 and made a decision to attack military positions following the arrest of Imad Jomaa.

During interrogation, Ghorli also admitted that he would take the place of other guards protecting the kidnapped Lebanese servicemen and moving them from one place to another.

He also witnessed the murder of Lebanese Corp. Ali al-Ali and revealed the identity the ISIS militant who beheaded soldiers Ali al-Sayyed and Abbas Medlej, the statement added.

The Army said Ghorli had been referred to judicial authorities for further interrogation.

Conflicting reports had emerged Thursday over Ghorli’s arrest.

A Security source told The Daily Star Ghorli had been admitted to Al-Manara Hospital in Hasbaya, west Bekaa, about 10 days ago.

State-run National News Agency said Ghorli was arrested by a local police investigation unit, but did not say whether he had been placed under arrest at Al-Manara Hospital or moved to a police-protected wing at another hospital.

However, a Syrian rebel source told The Daily Star that Ghorli, a Syrian national, is a member of the Nusra Front, not ISIS.

The source said Ghorli was critically wounded in the head on Feb. 23 during clashes that broke out between ISIS and Nusra Front militants on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek.

Ghorli was first smuggled to the underdeveloped Hamed Farhat Hospital in the west Bekaa town of Kamed al-Loz before being moved to the more advanced Al-Manar Hospital, according to the source.

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Turkey, Arrest order issued for two policemen in Dink murder case

January 12, 2015 by administrator

An Istanbul court has issued an arrest order for two policemen involved in the inquiry into the killing of Hrant Dink, the Turkish Armenian journalist, as the case deepens.

The court accepted on Jan. 12 the prosecutor’s demand to cancel the release of Özkan Mumcu and Muhittin Zenit, two police officers who were on duty at the police department in the Black Sea province of Trabzon when Dink was killed in Istanbul.

The two suspects testified to the court and were released immediately on Dec. 26, 2014.

The prosecutor said both officers were guilty of negligence in the crime that resulted in Dink’s death and misused their authority.

Dink was assassinated by Ogün Samast, who is serving a sentence of 22 years and 10 months in a high-security prison, on a busy street outside the office of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos in Istanbul’s Şişli district.

Yusuf Hayal and Erhan Tuncel are accused of convincing Samast in the Black Sea province of Trabzon to shoot Dink.

Civil servants and institutions allegedly implicated in the murder of Dink should be investigated, the Constitutional Court ruled on July 17, 2014. The ruling became a milestone in the case that has been lingering since the killing in 2007.

Since then, former Istanbul police chief Celalettin Cerrah, former Trabzon police chief Reşat Altay, former Trabzon police intelligence branch chief Faruk Sarı, former Istanbul deputy governor Ergun Güngör and former Istanbul police intelligence chief Ahmet İlhan Güler have testified as suspects in the case.

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Twenty security agents arrested on wiretapping case in Turkey

October 28, 2014 by administrator

About 20 Security Directorate agents were detained Tuesday in Mersin, Turkey, on suspicion of involvement in illegal wiretapping. The list of suspects comprises 27 names of security agents, local media informs, according to Russian news agency TASS.

Special investigative measures have been taken in the course of investigation into activities of what is known as parallel structure, or shadow government.

A certain group of government authorities staff members is said to pursue a goal to undermine the work of the incumbent government. Most agents detained in Mersin are police intelligence agents.

The latest wave of arrests took place on October 21 in Ankara. The police raided places of residence of current and former Security Directorate agents. About 20 people were detained, including former intelligence unit chief Ömer Altıparmak and his Deputy Lokman Kircil, responsible for counterterrorism activities.

Russian-Armenian businessman’s arrest linked to oil business – opinion

July 19, 2014 by administrator

The arrest of Levon Hayrapetyan, the affluent Russian-Armenian businessman held by the Moscow police upon return from Monaco earlier this week, is linked to an oil business, according to an Armenian pollster.

“It has to do with Russia’s oil business whose owners are normally Turkic-speaking nations. That’s a diaspora campaign of two countries, Armenia and Azerbaijan. So they will not let an Armenian go into that,” Aharon Adibekyan told reporters on Saturday.

He considered the arrest somewhat ridiculous, noting that the case in which Hayrapetyan was spotted has a history of ten years.

David Sanasaryan, the opposition Heritage party’s press secretary, pointed out to Soviet-style Chekist methods (when information is kept in secret as long as it isn’t in anybody’s interests). “I don’t know, of course, what Levon Hayrapetyan was involved in, but I am aware of the important things he did in Karabakh. Levon Hayrapetyan was among those people who strengthen Artsakh, its army and economy. He’s one of the rare wealthy people I haven’t heard anything bad about,” he noted.

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