Lebanon reportedly arrests Yemeni who was spying for Israel

A Yemeni man has been arrested in Lebanon on charges of spying for Israel, Lebanese media reports said.

In remarks published Tuesday, Lebanese judicial sources confirmed to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that “a Lebanese security agency did arrest a Yemeni man who was communicating with the Israelis.”

The Lebanon 24 news portal had on Monday described the Yemeni man as “a Houthi leader who was acting as a mediator between Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi group.”

“The man was recruited by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and he provided Israel with sensitive information about Yemen and about coordination between Hezbollah and the Houthis,” the news portal said.