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Key FactsSyria accuses Hezbollah of backing border smugglers
Feb 11, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thenationalnews.com
  • Syria’s new authorities accuse Hezbollah of supporting drug and weapons smugglers along the border.

  • Syria announced a large-scale security operation to close smuggling routes, focusing on Haweek and surrounding areas in western Homs province.

  • Sana reported at least three deaths on the Lebanese side and one fatality among Syria’s newly formed forces.

  • The regional commander said Syrian forces had seized farms, warehouses, laboratories, weapons and narcotics shipments, and counterfeit-currency presses.
  • Most smuggling gangs on the Lebanese border are affiliated with Hezbollah militia, whose presence now poses a threat at the Syrian border because it sponsors drug and weapon smugglers.
    — Lt Col Moayed Al Salama, commander of the western region in the Border Security Administration; statement reported by Sana News Agency.