Military and security agencies have been working together with great integration and coordination since the terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Aoukar, to uncover all details related to this operation and to identify the human and logistical foundations from which the perpetrator, Syrian Qais Al-Faraj, has emerged. Al-Faraj is currently fighting for his life in the military hospital in Badaro (in the capital, Beirut), as his injuries are extremely severe, and he remains in an artificial coma following a surgical operation he underwent.
An security source told "Al-Anbaa": "Al-Faraj is in a very critical health condition, and all efforts are being made to keep him alive. Medical expertise has been employed to achieve this goal, as it has been determined that bringing him out of his artificial coma will lead immediately to his death due to injuries in key arteries. Therefore, continuous medical work is being done to avoid reaching an inevitable fate of death."
The source explained that "keeping Al-Faraj alive could provide more information that is not limited to terrorist security threats within Lebanon itself, but extends to brotherly and friendly countries. The main reason investigators have formed this conclusion is that the intensive investigations being carried out by the Directorate of Intelligence in the Lebanese Army, along with those conducted by other official security agencies, have reached a conclusive result proving that Al-Faraj belongs to ISIS and is connected with one of the leaders of this organization in Iraq, who provided him with guidance and instructions to focus on executing operations targeting U.S. interests in Lebanon."
The source emphasized that "the investigations, particularly the technical ones and the statements made by all detainees, have confirmed that Al-Faraj pledged allegiance to ISIS in Iraq. After his pledge, he began to call upon those around him to support ISIS and adopt its ideology. However, the crucial point in all investigations is that they converged around a basic point, which is that Al-Faraj does not belong to a cell, but rather is one of the 'lone wolves,' and he purchased the weapon he used in the operation from a weapon dealer. He also took measures to secure the basic necessities to carry out this terrorist operation."
The source underscored the importance of the speed of the Directorate of Intelligence, in cooperation with other security agencies, in dealing with the incident through field scans and arrests that took place, leading to the clarification of most of the circumstances, with hope for Al-Faraj's survival to reveal matters that lone wolves typically keep to themselves.
