Assad planned destructive acts against Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon: WikiLeaks

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed)

Official diplomatic documents revealed that a prominent intelligence figure in Syria requested from Lebanese well known figures to prepare for destructive acts in Lebanon to unstable the country and increase the disorder among people. 

Two documents published in WikiLeaks, issued by the head of Saudi intelligence and forwarded to the King of Saudi Arabia, revealed that Assad's family confidante General. Mohammed Nasif had called 9 Lebanese political figures: Abdul Rahman Murad (former Ministry of deffence), Asim Qanso (the head of Baath Party in Lebanon), Ali Hasan Khalil (from Amal movement) Shaker Birjawi (Head of Arabic Current Party), Mustafa Hamdan (former of Commander of republican Guard) Wiam Wahab (Head of Arabic Tawhidi Party), Ali Eid (Head of Arabc Democratic Party), Najah Wakim (Leader of People Movement) and His deputy Ibrahim al-Halabi.

Nasif requested them to do destructive actions in Lebanon against the Salafi group and Muslim Brotherhood, and all of them accepted, except Najah Wakim, Head of People Movement, and his deputy Ibrahim al-Halabi. 

It is surprising that Nasif had promised the meeting’s attendees that arms would be provided by the Palestinian militias of Ahmed Jibril, as they have military sites in Lebanon out of the country’s control, similar to Hezbollah. 

A month after the first document, the head of Saudi Intelligence sent another letter to the Saudi king explaining that Wiam Wahab had received a shipment of arms and explosives from Jibril’s militias and he stored them in the town of Jahiliyah, his hometown. 

The Saudi document mentioned that many members of Wahab's party had had intensive training by Syrian and Iranian experts.

WikiLeaks, 2 weeks ago, published more than 60,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, a move that echoes its famous release of US State Department cables in 2010.

WikiLeaks has a long track record of hosting large-scale leaks of government material. Many of the documents carried green letterhead marked “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” or “Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” 

If genuine, the documents would offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the notoriously opaque kingdom. They might also shed light on Riyadh’s longstanding regional rivalry with Iran, its support for Syrian rebels and Egypt’s military-backed government, and its opposition to an emerging international agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program.