📰 2 sources 3 articles · 27 Sep 2026, 18:50 → 20 days ago

Brig. Gen. Morshed Suleiman Attends Nasrallah Commemoration as Accounts Diverge Over an Attendance Ban

Hezbollah marked the second anniversary of the assassination of its former secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah with wide popular and political participation and an official absence at the level of the presidency and the government. Accounts circulated about a decision or request by a presidential authority barring military and security leaders from attending, while Deputy Director General of State Security Brig. Gen. Morshed Suleiman attended the ceremony. Security and official sources denied that any such request or official circular existed.

📍 Where things stand: The incident continues to raise questions about the criteria for allowing security apparatus officials to take part, amid denials by security and official sources that any request or circular barring attendance existed.

⏱️ Timeline

27 Sep 2026, 18:50 In what was described as the first public breach of the circular barring leaders of the military and security apparatuses from taking part in the commemoration of former Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, Deputy Director General of State Security Brig. Gen. Morshed Suleiman attended the ceremony, going beyond a decision issued by a presidential authority, and posted a comment via WhatsApp status that appeared to be a direct response to the ban decision.
27 Sep 2026, 21:42 A security source denied to MTV Lebanon's website that there was any request from an official authority to the military and security leaderships not to attend a ceremony held by Hezbollah marking the anniversary of the assassination of its former secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, stressing that what is being circulated in this context is untrue.
28 Sep 2026, 14:51 On the second anniversary of the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, wide popular and political participation was accompanied by an official absence at the level of the presidency and the government. Accounts circulated about a request by President Joseph Aoun or a presidential authority to bar leaders of the security and military apparatuses from attending, but official and security sources denied to "Red TV" that Aoun had received an invitation in the first place or that any party had asked him to refrain, and also denied the existence of any official circular barring attendance.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Existence of a decision or request barring security and military leaders from attending the ceremony

Brig. Gen. Morshed Suleiman attended the ceremony "going beyond a decision issued by a presidential authority," and the "circular that barred leaders of the military and security apparatuses from taking part" according to Lebanon Debate
Denial of "any request from an official authority to the military and security leaderships not to attend a ceremony" according to MTV Lebanon

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

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