Naharnet - Report: Syria Arrests Lebanese Sheikh Suspected of Spying for Israel - September 2, 2010

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.