SYRIA MOVES INTEL HQ TO HIZBULLAH AREANICOSIA [MENL] -- Syria was said to have moved its intelligence headquarters to a Beirut neighborhood controlled by Hizbullah.
Lebanese opposition sources said the Syrian military moved its intelligence headquarters in Lebanon from the so-called Beaurivage to southern Beirut. The sources said the transfer was completed over the last week as part of an effort to lower the Syrian profile in Beirut and central Lebanon.
"The Syrians aren't going anywhere," an opposition source with connections in Lebanese intelligence said. "They are fusing with Hizbullah while pretending to pull out some troops from Lebanon."
The sources said the order to leave the Beaurivage was relayed by Gen. Rustom Ghazaleh, chief of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon. The operation was commanded by Ghazaleh's deputy, Gen. Mohammed Khalouf.