Lebanon orders arrests of Hezbollah officials over seized explosives truck

Lebanese authorities are pressing criminal charges and arrest warrants against Hezbollah after seizing a truck carrying more than half a ton of explosives.

• Security forces intercepted a truck carrying more than half a ton of TNT and C-4 explosives at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint.
• Hezbollah said the explosives belonged to the "resistance" and demanded the release of detainees and the return of the vehicle.
• Prosecutor general Rami al-Hajj issued arrest orders for Hezbollah liaison chief Hussein al-Abdullah and his assistant Ali Ayoub.
• Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the state will show no leniency in the investigation into the seized explosives.