BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces stepped up its campaign against State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza Wednesday, accusing him of obstructing investigations into kidnappings of Syrian opposition members.

“[Mirza] does not want to hear [us] because he knows that kidnappings of Syrian opposition members have occurred in Lebanon,” LF said in a statement. “He is covering them up and preventing investigations from taking place.”

The statement was in response to Mirza saying he was not aware of LF leader Samir Geagea’s Tuesday accusation that employees at the state prosecutor’s office were involved in the kidnappings of Syrian dissidents.

“I had some social duties, I did not hear what he said,” Mirza told reporters.

The LF fired back at Mirza saying that the state prosecutor’s duties are judicial and national, rather than social.

“If the state prosecutor did not hear what we said yesterday, we will repeat it today because we want him to listen,” the statement said.

During a chat with reporters at his office in Meerab, Geagea accused the office of the prosecutor of involvement in the recent kidnappings of Syrians, some of whom are believed to be members of the opposition.

"[There are] security reports on these operations that show that some security service personnel and [members] of the general prosecution's [office] are complicit [in the kidnappings],” he said.

Last month, police chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi released a report implicating the Syrian Embassy and members of the country’s Internal Security Forces of involvement in the kidnapping of Syrian dissidents. The embassy has denied the accusations.

The Syrian opposition urged Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government Wednesday to take the necessary measure to prevent further kidnappings, expressing concern over the presence of its members in the neighboring country.

"The Council is very worried that opposition members are being handed over to the Syrian security services and as such risk death," the group said in a statement.

Three brothers, believed to be Syrian opposition members, as well as Shibli al-Aisamy, a dissident and co-founder of Syria’s ruling Baath Party have disappeared in recent months.