Syria has dismantled two terrorist cells affiliated with the al-Qaida network since the beginning of the year, reports said Wednesday. The London-based Saudi daily al-Hayat quoted Western diplomatic sources in London as saying that two cells led by Muslim clerics were uncovered, one in the city of Homs in central Syria and the other in Aleppo in the north. The cells were discovered when a member of al-Qaida killed a policeman in a mosque then admitted the crime to his father, saying he had secured his place in heaven by eliminating an atheist. The father was upset and eventually put police on the trail of the gangs.However, several members of the two cells were able to flee Syria and take refuge in a rugged and mountainous region of north Lebanon, the report said.