Plans to Assassinate the Pope During His Visit to Lebanon... Army Detains 'ISIS' Leader
20:28 · 23 September 2026
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Information reported today, Wednesday, that the Army Intelligence detained one of the most prominent leaders of the ISIS organization in northern Lebanon after he was asked to carry out a terrorist operation targeting the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon.
According to the information, the detained Syrian is known as Ad-Damish and had previously held the position of "Deputy Governor of Aleppo" within the organization.
It indicated that Ad-Damish had begun his path in the ranks of Jabhat al-Nusra before later joining ISIS, after which he fell into the hands of the former regime's agencies, where he spent three years in prison. With the recent collapse of the Syrian regime and the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and the opening of prison doors, he managed to escape and sneak into Lebanese territory illegally.
It pointed out that the detainee, immediately upon settling in Lebanon, re-established contact with his leaders, where he receives orders directly from an emir in the "ISIS" organization.
He was issued the mission to prepare for the assassination of the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, during his visit to Lebanon in 2025.
The information confirmed that Ad-Damish conducted surveillance and field reconnaissance, monitoring the areas he would pass through, attempting to find a loophole to breach the arrangements, but he failed to carry out the mission due to the heavy security deployment and the measures accompanying the visit of the head of the Catholic Church.
He was monitored and detained, his mobile phone was emptied, and he was handed over to the Military Court.
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