Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel on Friday denounced the repeated encroachments on the press freedom in Lebanon, describing the situation as dangerous.

“Mass violations being committed against the press freedom in Lebanon constitute a dangerous series. We reject the attack on Al-Akhbar newspaper despite our political differences,” Gemayel wrote on Twitter.

State Security members raided earlier this week the offices of Al-Akhbar newspaper in the wake of articles criticizing Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.

A few days earlier, the same security agency also raided the Foreign Ministry.

It has been reported that the two raids are linked as they were aimed at identifying the people who leaked three diplomatic reports from the Lebanese embassy in Washington to al-Akhbar.