
Heads continue to roll in the Middle East . . . literally.
BEIRUT: The images of what appears to be the beheading of a Lebanese Army soldier, Ali Sayyed- one of eleven soldiers captured by ISIS militants was heavily circulated on social media Thursday evening.
“Now you know who are the lions of ISIS,” tweeted Abou Misaab Hafid al-Baghdadi, linking a gruesome picture showing Sayyed’s beheading.
The victim, Ali Sayyed, is an Army soldier originally from Akkar. He was among soldiers and Internal Security Forces personnel captured during clashes that pitted jihadists against the Lebanese Army in the border town of Arsal earlier this month.
Abou Misaab Hafid al-Baghdadi claimed that he was a member of ISIS in his Twitter bio.
A senior Army official said the military was investigating reports on the beheading of Ali Sayyed.
