Syria's Intelligence involved in Tripoli blast, Lebanese Military source

 Lebanese military court decided to arrest the leader of the "Islamic Tawhid" Hashim Minqara, under the accusation of hiding information from the authorities related to the bombings of Altaqwa and Alsalam mosques in Tripoli .

The arrest came alongside arresting Ahmed Gharib and detective Mustafa Houry under investigation in the bombings of Tripoli as well.

Lebanese press sources confirmed that the initial investigation with Minqara finished yesterday evening under the supervision of Judge “Sakr” and he would issue an accusation statement against Minqara and Gharib in which accusing them of participating in the criminal murder and committing terrorist acts . Both will be detained and transferred to a military investigating judge alongside the detective “Houry”

 information published " Republic" newspaper revealed that initial investigations showed communication between the two sheikhs Hashim Minqara and Ahmed Gharib and the headquarter of General Intelligence in Syria  directed by Ali Mamlouk , that informed  them about car blasts will be sent from the Syrian intelligence centre in Tartus to Tripoli within two weeks to be exploded in front of mosques without telling them the exact time.

Besides that, the Syrian Intelligence informed the two sheikhs about the intention to assassinate the former general director of the Internal Security Forces Major  Ashraf Rifi , MP Khaled Daher and Sheikh Salem Rafaee , and asked Minqara to provide young men  to drive car blasts and park them in from of the targeted areas, but Minqara could not provide young men.

Later Syrian investigation asked the two sheikhs to monitor Rifi, Daher and Rafaee, and Minqara from his side monitored targets in Tripoli with the help of other people and Sheikh Gharib were aware of that.

 Minqara and Gharib denied during investigations putting the two cars near the two mosques “Alsalam and Altaqwa”

 Investigations showed that the goal of the operation was to raise sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites to carry over Mamlouk- Smaha plan.