REPORT: Assiri to LBCI: DNA tests to confirm Majed al-Majed’s identity

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REPORT: Assiri to LBCI: DNA tests to confirm Majed al-Majed’s identity

The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Assiri told LBCI Thursday that DNA samples will be sent to Lebanon to verify that the man detained by the Lebanese authorities is in fact the Saudi Emir of Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Majed al-Majed.

In this context, he noted Majed’s identity has been 90% verified, but the DNA tests will eliminate all other doubts.

“Lebanon is a sovereign country, but cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the investigations is possible if necessary,” he added.

The Lebanese Armed Forces intelligence unit confirmed on Tuesday that it arrested Majed al-Majed, a prime al-Qaeda fugitive wanted in Saudi Arabia, a week ago in Beirut.

Majed al-Majed, currently a prominent al-Qaeda leader and also the chief of the Abdallah Azzam Brigades is also wanted in the US over terrorism charges. He is said to have resided in the Ain el-Helwe Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon, until a few months when he reportedly left for Syria where he pledged support to the al-Nusra Front leader Abou Mhammad al-Joulani.

Al-Majed is one of the most wanted men by Saudi intelligence agencies and is said to be on a list known as the “List of 85”, which comprises Saudi Arabia’s most dangerous fugitives.


For more details, watch Nada Andraos' full report in the video above

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