Lebanon: Masked gunmen are trying to kidnap a former military official from the Assad era from his house near Jbeil.
Two cars with tinted windows brought the men to the Balat area, where they tried to forcefully storm the apartment of the official, identified as Abu Ali Kazak. Screams and pleas for help from people inside the house thwarted the operation, and the gunmen fled. The incident follows previous kidnapping operations in Lebanon against figures associated with the former Syrian regime.