Syrian authorities arrested a Lebanese sheikh last month while he was on his way to Saudi Arabia to perform the omra, al-Akhbar daily reported Thursday.The newspaper said that Sheikh Hassan M., who is close to the March 14 forces and is a Hizbullah critic, was arrested on July 7.
Al-Akhbar quoted several Damascus visitors as saying that the arrest came upon suspicion that the sheikh was collaborating with Israel.
A Lebanese security source also told the newspaper that the man's arrest was linked to a "highly sensitive" security file.
Al-Akhbar quoted Lebanese security sources as saying that the suspect admitted to investigators in Syria that he was collaborating with a foreign security apparatus.
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