Overview
- Annis Makki, 40, faces six counts including preparation of terrorist acts, membership of Hezbollah, and expressing support for Hezbollah and Hamas, while Mohamad Hadi Kassir, 33, faces three counts tied to Hezbollah membership and training.
- Both are accused of attending training at Lebanon’s Birket Jabbour airbase in September 2021, and prosecutors say Kassir also trained in Baffliyeh in 2015.
- Kassir entered not guilty pleas as prosecutors described images of him undertaking hostage-training exercises in 2015 and said Makki had access to a network allegedly linked to acquiring UAV components.
- Judge Paul Goldspring remanded both men in custody following their appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court, with the next hearing listed at the Old Bailey on January 16.
- Counter Terrorism Policing London said the investigation involved overseas partners and that there is no assessed ongoing threat to the wider public.