IDF soldier sentenced for leaking army secrets

An IDF soldier charged with providing Syrian intelligence with secret details regarding IDF positions in the country’s north is sentenced by a military court to 34 months in prison.

Corporal Halal Halabi, a resident of the Druze town of Daliyat al-Carmel, was detained in February. He was charged with passing information to a Golan Heights man, Sidqi al-Maqt, who was indicted on charges spying for the Syrian government.

Sidqi al-Maqt, 48, arrested for spying for Syria, raises his arms as he speaks to reporters, March 27, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)
Sidqi al-Maqt, 48, arrested for spying for Syria, raises his arms as he speaks to reporters, March 27, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Maqt, 48, of the Druze town of Majdal Shams, was accused of handing over photographs and written reports of IDF positions to Syrian intelligence officials, including a government official named Midhat Saleh, the Ynet news site reported.

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