The Tarik al-Jadidah area has recently experienced an increase in theft and pickpocketing incidents, along with attacks on citizens, their shops, and cars. Meetings have been held to discuss ways to limit these incidents and create a new version of “Soldiers of God.”
Thieves in the area have been impersonating security officials and asking for victims’ identities before robbing them, increasing the danger. Officials from the Future Movement have called for meetings to deal with these incidents in cooperation with security services.
Former advisor to the head of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, Brigadier General Mahmoud al-Jamal has denied the establishment of groups aimed at achieving self-security in the Tarik al-Jadida area. Al-Jamal emphasized that the rate of thefts has increased in the region and concerns over Prime Minister Hariri’s suspension of his political work have created a vacuum felt across all Lebanese regions.
These incidents have caused youth to call on citizens to be careful and monitor their surroundings. Although the Future Movement helps coordinate with the security forces, there are no intentions to establish armed cells or popular committees. There are committees located at the Public Relations Department of the Future Movement, and they aim to serve people, help them, and communicate with them.
Al-Jamal stressed that the Future Movement respects Prime Minister Hariri’s decision to suspend political action, and they limit their activities to social, health, hospital, and educational services. The former advisor also denied a report from Al-Akhbar newspaper that he was dismissed from Al-Mustaqbal.
Recently, several meetings have been held in the Tarik al-Jadidah area, with the aim of working to limit the spread of theft and pickpocketing incidents, and repeated attacks on citizens, their shops, and their cars in the region. To create a new version of “Soldiers of God” in the new way.
It is noteworthy, according to the information, that the pickpockets in that area have recently impersonated security officials and asked for the identities of the victims to reassure them before they robbed them and fled, and this increased the level of danger, which led to the call of a number of officials in the Future Movement to hold meetings to discuss In these incidents, and dealt with in cooperation with the security services.
In this context, the former advisor to the head of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, Brigadier General Mahmoud al-Jamal, denied the information about attempts to establish groups aimed at achieving self-security in the Tarik al-Jadida area.
In an interview with the “Lebanese Debate”, Al-Jamal said: “This issue is incorrect, neither from near nor from afar. There is no decision to establish any similar soldiers of God, nor intentions to establish militia or armed gatherings. All there is is that the rate of thefts has increased in the region, and there are people Strangers from the area come and carry out assaults, including theft of cars.”
He added, “This matter worried people, and in light of Prime Minister Hariri’s suspension of his political work, there is a kind of vacuum that everyone feels in all Lebanese regions.”
Al-Jamal continued, “The high rate of thefts in Beirut, the assaults on people while they are walking on the roads, and the incidents of militancy that occur have led to calls by these youth to the citizens to pay attention, be careful, and monitor the surroundings of the houses and the neighborhood in which they live.”
He explained, “These people have centers in the Future Movement and consider themselves a reference for the people, and they feel that they are in positions of responsibility and trust, and therefore this framework was implemented with the aim of coordinating with the security forces and informing them of any event that takes place, starting with Tarik al-Judaida and ending with all parts of Beirut.”
Al-Jamal went on to say, “There are no intentions to establish armed cells or militia popular committees, and these young men complained to delegations and visited the leaders of the security services from the army and the internal security forces, and they asked for the intensification of patrols in the region and for the various security forces to strengthen their presence to prevent the recurrence of these incidents, and they also demanded from anyone If anything strange is noticed, contact them and inform the security services.”
Regarding the formation of security and judiciary committees, organization and follow-up, and the educational committee, he replied, “These committees are located in the Public Relations Department of the Future Movement in the Beirut Coordination Committee, and there is interaction with the security forces, the Ministry of Education and others to serve people, help them and communicate with them, and what happened is attempts to activate these committees so that people can communicate again.” with her”.
Al-Jamal stressed that “there is respect for Prime Minister Hariri’s decision to suspend political action, and therefore the future does not undertake any political action, and what it does does not go beyond social, health, hospital and educational services, with the aim of helping.”
Al-Jamal concluded by saying, “It was reported in Al-Akhbar newspaper that I was dismissed from Al-Mustaqbal, and this is not true. elections so as not to embarrass anyone.
In summary, reports of the establishment of new militias in Tarik al-Jadidah have been denied by the former advisor to the head of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, Brigadier General Mahmoud al-Jamal. Although there has been an increase in theft and violent incidents in the area, the youth in the Future Movement have taken it upon themselves to create a framework for coordination with security forces and to encourage citizens to be vigilant. Committees have been formed within the Public Relations Department to provide social, health, hospital and educational services to the people. As for the recent suspension of Prime Minister Hariri’s political action, al-Jamal stresses that the Future Movement respects this decision and will not undertake any political action.