Six Charged with Executing Soldier Mohammed Hamieh
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Tuesday six people with executing soldier Mohammed Hamieh in September 2014.
Detainee Ali al-Lakkis, who was arrested last week, is among the accused.
The remaining suspects are at large.
Saqr also charged them with belonging to the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front.
Hamieh was among 35 serviceman who were abducted by al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State group in the wake of clashes with the army in the northeastern border town of Arsal in August 2014.
Nineteen soldiers were killed in the fighting.
Since their abduction, four serviceman were executed by their captors.
The Nusra Front on Tuesday released all 16 of its captives, while the rest remain held by the IS.
Lakkis was arrested at Rafik Hariri International Airport on November 27 as he attempted to leave the country through a fake Syrian passport.
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