| More on this story from yesterday, when they were identified simply as Israeli spies. |
Bayssari added that the two men had been tasked with carrying out security operations in Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...and that they have since been referred to the military judiciary.
Security sources meanwhile told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that the two suspects are "non-Jew Russians."
"Their mission was to monitor and try to infiltrate sensitive Hezbollah sites," the sources said.