“A Lebanese Army unit took control of securing the second floor of the telecoms building in Beirut's Adlieh district and imposing security in the area,” according to a statement released by the army command on Friday.
According to the Head of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), Brigadier General Ashraf Rifi, an “agreement” was reached for the transfer of control”.
The step on Friday came after the developing events that occurred on Thursday between caretaker Telecom Minister Charbel Nahhas and the ISF unit that banned him from entering the ministry’s buildings. A telephone network known as Ogero-Mobile was operating on the second floor. The system, which was considered Lebanon's third GSM network, was established in 2007, but has not yet been made available to the Lebanese people.
Nahhas had previously posed major questions on the nature of the private network and the purpose of its existence, but all his calls for investigation had been snubbed.
In order to clarify the Ogero-Mobile's position, the minister, along with a number of technicians, decided to inspect the facility in person, but was faced with the ISF.
Nahhas then refused to enter and left the building immediately.
In this context, high-level sources revealed that the security operation in Adliyeh region aimed at covering up a wiretapping process carried out inside the Syrian territories.
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