BEIRUT: Lebanon issued Monday an arrest warrant in absentia for Syrian general Ali Mamlouk for his alleged involvement in a plot to carry out terrorist attacks in Lebanon. Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda referred the file to Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr after completion of the investigation, judicial sources told The Daily Star.

They said Saqr would examine and make recommendations on the case before Maj. Gen. Mamlouk is given a military trial after an indictment is issued. Abu Ghayda has set Feb. 4 as the date for questioning Mamlouk. A notice with Abu Ghayda’s decision was posted at the entrance to Beirut’s Military Tribunal after the judge considered Mamlouk’s place of residence as “unknown.” [Link]