Identity of Beirut suicide bomber unveiled

The identity of a suicide bomber, who allegedly had a hand in the double bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut Tuesday, was unveiled. The suicide bomber is a Lebanese from the City of Sidon. He is a close associate of the fugitive Salafi Sheikh Ahmed Al-Aseer. At least 22 people were killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital. The Iranian cultural attache, Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari, was among the dead. Iran is a major backer of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to Syria to back the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Sunni jihadist group Abdullah Azzam Brigades said they were behind the attack. Source: MENA