France Requests Lebanon to Arrest Senior Officers of the Ousted Assad Regime

ARK News.. The Lebanese judiciary has received a formal judicial request from French authorities seeking the arrest of several senior Syrian security officials from the former regime of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, should they be found on Lebanese territory, a senior judicial source confirmed.
According to a report by Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday, November 3, 2025, Lebanon’s Public Prosecutor Judge Jamal al-Hajjar received an official cable from the French judiciary requesting the tracking and arrest of:
• Maj. Gen. Jamil al-Hassan, former head of Air Force Intelligence
• Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk, former director of the National Security Bureau
• Maj. Gen. Abdel Salam Mahmoud, former head of investigations in the Air Force Intelligence Directorate
The French authorities have asked Lebanon to carry out the necessary investigations and detain the wanted individuals if they are present in the country, in preparation for their extradition to Paris.
The source explained that the judicial request is part of ongoing French investigations into Bashar al-Assad and senior members of his regime over war crimes and crimes against humanity, which allegedly resulted in the deaths of French citizens of Syrian origin.
Judge al-Hajjar has reportedly instructed Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch to investigate the whereabouts of the three wanted officials and take appropriate legal measures once located.

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