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Bashar Assad's relatives detained at Beirut airport for trying to leave with forged passports

Credited from: APNEWS

  • The wife and daughter of Duraid Assad, a cousin of Syria's former president, were arrested at the Beirut airport for using forged passports.
  • Both were attempting to leave Lebanon illegally for Egypt when they were caught by Lebanese General Security.
  • Duraid Assad's father, Rifaat Assad, had left Lebanon a day earlier without being stopped, using his real passport.
  • Rifaat Assad has faced war crime charges in Switzerland related to his actions during a massacre in Hama decades ago.
  • Lebanon has seen numerous arrests of individuals linked to Assad's regime amid a security crackdown following recent developments in Syria.

For more details, visit the original article at AP News.

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