Following contacts made by Lebanese Forces officials with the Syrian authorities, and further coordination by Lebanon’s Intelligence Directorate with the Syrian government, the latter handed over Ahmad Noun to the Lebanese authorities.

Ahmad Noun is the leader of the gang that kidnapped and killed Lebanese Forces official Pascal Sleiman last year.

With Noun’s handover, alongside the four detainees, all the elements needed to uncover the truth in Sleiman’s assassination case are now complete.