A Syrian defector on
Wednesday said that Syrian intelligence forces were responsible for the
abduction of former Syrian Baath Party official Shibli al-Ayssami and accused
the Lebanese Tawhid Party of assisting them.
The Tawhid party is led by
Druze leader Wiam Wahhab.
During an interview with
Future News, Brigadier General Hussam ad-Deen al-Awak also accused First
Lieutenant Salah al-Hajj of being responsible for “executing [the abduction
operation in Lebanon].”
Salah al-Hajj is the son of
the former head of Lebanese General Security Ali al-Hajj.
Ayssami disappeared in
mysterious circumstances in Lebanon’s Aley two months after the breakout of
widespread anti-regime protests in Syria in March 2011 that elicited a violent
government crackdown on dissent.
Awak told Future News that
after Ayssami was kidnapped he was taken to a border point and later
transferred to an apartment in Damascus’ Mezzeh neighborhood. He added
that Ayssami was sometimes taken to another flat in the city’s Al-Qousour area.
Awak said that Ayssami was
kidnapped “because he stated writing [an edited version] for the principles of
the Baath Party and [about the possibility of developing it].”
However, Awak said that he
was unaware of Ayssami’s fate.
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