Lt . Gen. Ali al - Hassan was a top intelligence official in Lebanon . His latest big break , occurring in late August , came with the arrest of a former Lebanese minister and current member of parliament , Michel Samaha . Aligned with an anti - Syrian , anti - Hezbollah faction , he led many soldiers into assassinations . Fellow Sunnis saw him as an hero , while he was despised by others . A scholar linked to the group calls al - Hassan ' ` ` ' '' who will be difficult to replace .
Lt . Gen. Ali al - Hassan was a top intelligence official in Lebanon . Aligned with an anti - Syrian , anti - Hezbollah faction , he led many soldiers into assassinations . Fellow Sunnis saw him as an hero , while he was despised by others . A scholar linked to the group calls al - Hassan ' ` ` ' '' who will be difficult to replace .