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The General Security Directorate (Arabic: الامن العام, romanized: al-Amn al-'Aam) is a Lebanese intelligence agency founded on July 21, 1921 and originally known as the "first bureau". On June 12, 1959, Decree-Law No. 139, in force from that date, was published. Under this decree the General Security becomes a branch depending on the ...
The Lebanese State Security or Amn Eddawla (Official name: General Directorate of State Security) (Arabic: المديرية العامة لأمن الدولة) is the Lebanese National Security Agency, directly attached to both, the Lebanese President and Prime Minister. The General Directorate of the Lebanese State Security was established in ...
Years of service. 1980–present. Rank. Major General (P.S.C.) Commands. General Director of General Directorate of General Security 2011–2023. Abbas Ibrahim (Arabic: عباس إبراهيم; born 2 March 1959) [1] is a Lebanese major general who was the general director of the General Directorate of General Security from 18 July 2011 [2 ...
The Internal Security Forces (Arabic: المديرية العامة لقوى الأمن الداخلي, romanized: al-Mudiriyya al-'aamma li-Qiwa al-Amn al-Dakhili; French: Forces de Sécurité Intérieure; abbreviated ISF) are the gendarmerie and the national police of Lebanon. Modern police were established in Lebanon in 1861, with the ...
We don’t know if we can stay next to our laptops, our phones. Everything seems like a danger at this point, and no one knows what to do,” one woman, Ghida, said. The confusion was made worse ...
Jamil Al Sayyed. Jamil Al Sayyed (Arabic: جميل السيد; born 1950) is a Lebanese politician, a current Member of the Parliament of Lebanon, and the former head of Lebanon's Sureté Générale or Lebanese General Security Directorate. He was detained and released after four years, from 2005 to 2009 due to his alleged involvement in the ...
The LAF is an all-volunteer force. All three branches are operated and coordinated by the LAF Commander; a position customarily held by a Maronite Catholic Christian, from the ministry of defence which is located in Yarzeh, east of Lebanon's capital, Beirut. The current commander in chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces is General Joseph Aoun. [5]
Politics of Lebanon. Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The constitution of Lebanon grants the people the right to change their government.