Lebanon arrests Bashar al-Assad relative in Bekaa drug raid

Lebanese troops detained three people in the Bekaa region, including a relative of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, as they used drugs, a security source said.

• Lebanon's army detained Suleiman Hilal al-Assad, a relative of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, among three people arrested Friday in the Bekaa region, a security source said.
• The detainees also include Ali, son of sanctioned drug trafficker Noh Zaiter; all three were moved to the Defense Ministry for questioning.
• Earlier this month Lebanon detained a five-person network, including a former Syrian intelligence officer, suspected of planning attacks on government forces in Syria's coastal region, a judicial source said.
• The Syrian Interior Ministry announced last month it received from Lebanon a former Assad-era officer detained under an absentee warrant over murder and crimes-against-humanity charges.