cleric, Ahmed Al Assir, who has been on the run for two good years.
Lebanese authorities caught Mr. Al Assir at Beirut's Rafik Hariri
International Airport on Saturday while trying to board a flight to
Egypt using a fake Palestinian passport.
Lebanon's general security directorate said Mr Al Assir was planning
on flying to Nigeria via Cairo.
Mr. Al Assir had recently adopted a new look, shaving his long, unkept
beard and trading his usual religious robes and headwear for a more
inconspicuous jacket and sweater.
Reports suggested Mr Assir had also had plastic surgery to alter his
appearance.
Mr Al Assir became one of the most wanted men in Lebanon after his
militia went to battle with the Lebanese army in the port city of
Sidon in 2013, resulting in the deaths of 18 soldiers and dozens of Mr
Al Assir's gunmen.
-Daily Post
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