Lebanon hands former Syrian army general to Damascus after arrest warrant
- The transfer is the first from Lebanon involving a Syrian military officer who fled after al-Assad’s government was toppled in 2024.
- Lebanon has handed over a former senior Syrian army officer to Damascus to face charges related to murder and torture, the first such transfer since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled in 2024.
- The transfer involved Major-General Adel Issa, a former commander of the Syrian army’s 17th Division who later led ground forces in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zur.
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- The transfer is the first from Lebanon involving a Syrian military officer who fled after al-Assad’s government was toppled in 2024.
- Lebanon has handed over a former senior Syrian army officer to Damascus to face charges related to murder and torture, the first such transfer since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled in 2024.
- The transfer involved Major-General Adel Issa, a former commander of the Syrian army’s 17th Division who later led ground forces in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zur.
Sources: Al Jazeera