LF and Change Movement file complaint against Assad and his regime

The Lebanese Forces and the Change Movement on Wednesday filed a complaint before Lebanon’s State Prosecution against ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and officials from his regime over “the kidnap, forced disappearance and torture of Lebanese citizens.”

Speaking outside the Justice Palace in Beirut, former LF lawmaker Eddie Abillama said the LF “filed a complaint against Assad, the Syrian state and (former) interior and defense ministers, and (former Syrian) national security bureau chief Ali Mamlouk.”

“We have requested that arrest warrants be issued against them,” Abillama added.

“If this does not happen, we will resort to other steps,” Change Mobvement leader Elie Mahfoud for his part said, noting that he “filed documented information against Assad and his lieutenants, backed by testimonies from liberated captives.”

He added that he is willing to go to Syria to “obtain further information about the Lebanese captives in Syrian prisons.”