BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanese authorities said Monday they had detained a Syrian commander from the Daesh group, as Damascus investigates an Daesh-linked cell accused of bombings during a visit by France’s President Emmanuel Macron.
In a statement, Lebanon’s internal security forces said they arrested the suspect “after careful monitoring and follow-up operations” on June 30 and that he was the group’s leader in central and southern Syria.
The announcement comes nearly a week after two bombings hit Damascus during Macron’s visit to Syria, killing one person and wounding dozens, near the hotel where the French leader spent the night.
Syrian authorities had said Thursday that preliminary investigations showed Daesh was behind the attack.
On Monday, the Syrian interior ministry published the names of three men it had interrogated, alleging that they were behind the bombings.
