Aoun and Mansour and the conflicts over the intelligence branches … the differences are strong between the head of the army and the “movement”

Al-Akhbar wrote: “It emerged that the director of Military Intelligence, whose term ends in a week, Brigadier General Tony Mansour, denied that he was in the process of assuming the post of security adviser to the commander of the Armed Forces, General Joseph Aoun. Mansour told the callers that he would retire and go home. After receiving information about General Aoun’s intention to appoint him to a new position that was not present at any time before, who is the security advisor to the army commander. From the Intelligence Directorate, especially since General Aoun was not enthusiastic about Brigadier General Tony Kahwagi assuming the leadership after the end of Mansour’s term.

In the same context, the meetings of the new formations in the Intelligence Directorate have not yet begun to appoint new heads of branch, in addition to carrying out large formations in the direction. Serious struggles revolve around the positions that belong to the branch managers in the regions, especially over candidates of the Islamic sects, and their number is limited, and as political references they try to support the arrival of those who are assigned to this or that position, while there are more Christian officers nominated for these positions, amid strong differences between the commander of the army and the Free Patriotic Movement, in some names, provided that President Michel Aoun plays a role in dealing with this issue.