Report: Little-Known Khorasan Group Plotting to Assassinate Mustaqbal MPs
An obscure group called “Khorasan” is allegedly plotting to assassinate lawmakers affiliated to al-Mustaqbal Movement in an attempt to topple the dialogue between the party and Hizbullah.
According to As Safir newspaper published on Monday, security sources obtained information warning that Mustaqbal MPs will be targeted with attacks to hit the dialogue between the party and Hizbullah and to create a sectarian strife between Shiites and Sunnis in Lebanon.
Sources told the daily that a group linked to Khorasan, comprised of four or five fighters, is planning to carry out a similar attack against Speaker Nabih Berri.
The Khorasan group had been a vague cell until U.S. intelligence officials flagged it in September.
The White House has said the group includes al-Qaida operatives from Afghanistan and Pakistan who made their way to Syria.
The representatives of al-Mustaqbal and Hizbullah held their sixth round of talks last week and agreed to come up with a national strategy to combat terrorism.
They kicked off the talks in December under the auspices of Berri at his residence in Ain el-Tineh.
The upcoming session is set to be held on March 2 as media reports expect it to tackle the presidential vacuum.
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