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Lebanon.. The army hunts a prominent leader of Al-Qaeda

May 20, 2023

The army did not mention the leader’s name, but identified him by his initials, “TM”

The army statement said a special unit of the Intelligence Directorate made the arrest on Friday, and added that “TM is one of Al-Qaeda’s most prominent leaders and the founder of its cells in Lebanon”.

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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