AKKAR, Lebanon: The brother of a fugitive Alawite leader was severely wounded Monday after staunch opponents of the Syrian regime opened fire at his vehicle in north Lebanon.
Bader Eid, brother of Arab Democratic Party leader Ali Eid, was ambushed by gunmen on the highway linking the Akkar towns of Haysa and Al-Kouwiekhat.
Eid was shot in the stomach while in his car, sustaining critical wounds.
He is being treated in the nearby Rahal Hospital.
The attack was claimed by a group calling itself the “Kouweikhat group.”
In a statement released after the attack, the group called on Ali Eid to leave Akkar by Monday 10 p.m. Eid is currently residing in a border village in Akkar known as Khat al-Petrol.