Former Information Minister Michel Samaha faced trial today (April 20) before the Permanent Military Tribunal.
Samaha reportedly pleaded guilty to all charges raised against him including the transportation of explosives in his vehicle into Lebanon.
During the session, Samaha admitted to the transporting of explosives in his car from Damascus to Beirut and to liaising with Miled Kfoury, who was to plant the bombs in Tripoli and Akkar, adding that the latter informed him that he would target infiltration operations at the Lebanese-Syrian borders.
“I went along with him back then…I apologize from Mufti Malek Chaar and MP Khaled El-Daher,” he said.
The trial was adjourned to May 13.
Last month, the tribunal decided to separate the trial of detainee Michel Samaha from that of Syrian security Chief General Ali Mamlouk. Samaha, who had close ties with the Syrian regime, was arrested in August 2012 for plotting attacks in Lebanon along with two Syrian officials.
His trial includes Ali Mamlouk and a Syrian colonel identified only by his first name, Adnan. The trial started in June 2013 but has been repeatedly postponed for failing to summon Mamlouk and Adnan.