According to the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday, Saqr issued 200 arrest and search and investigation warrants last week against 200 criminals from the northern city of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, the city of Bekaa and Beirut.
They are charged with various crimes, including, involvement in gunbattles, theft, stealing cars and bombing them, the possession of arms and explosives, forging official documents, murder and attempted murder.
Leb has been rocked with violence linked to the Syrian war. It has been particularly on edge since the revolt against Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
kicked off in 2011.
Leb has witnessed car and suicide kabooms, rocket attacks and shootouts between pro- and anti-Assad fighters in several cities and towns.
The country has also seen a rise in the wave of kidnappings. Abductors usually ask for ransom.