Army Arrests 19 Syrians, 2 Lebanese in Wadi Khaled for Illegally Entering Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Lebanese army announced on Monday that it has arrested a number of Lebanese and Syrians for attempting to illegally enter Lebanon.
It said in a statement that it detained the two Lebanese and 19 Syrians in the Wadi Khaled region near Syria in the North.
It confiscated in their possession a Kalashnikov rifle, two guns, and ammunition.
In addition, they were found in the possession of 30 mobile phones, a laptop, and different foreign currencies.
Investigations are underway with the detainees.
Since the eruption of the uprising in Syria in March 2011, security forces and the army have arrested a number of gunmen and individuals who sought to enter Lebanon illegally.
The un-demarcated Lebanese-Syrian border has facilitated the flow of gunmen to and from Syria.
17 March 2014, 16:57
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Wait wait wait guys, first, what is 30 Syrians entering Lebanon illegally compared to 1.5 million? Then I agree, arrest anyone entering the land illegally, all good so far, but what about those others entering the country illegally, are they any more legal? Then the article said 2 Lebanese entering Lebanon illegally, right? How can that be?
17 March 2014, 17:42
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Titan, I am so glad you posted, you're right, but have you by any chance had the chance to check our so-called border with Syria? It's been years we've been calling for the delineation of the border with them because ti be quite honest, in so many places it's hard to tell where one stands, is it in Syria or in Lebanon? demarcation could have been done ages ago and I wonder why is it still kept in abeyance.
18 March 2014, 04:08
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All our lives we have crossed over the border at wadi Khalid and other such areas around Akkar.
You know some people have land on both sides of the " border " ?
Allah lay wafik bashar and America and Russia and Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Iran .
18 March 2014, 07:18
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'You know some people have land on both sides of the " border " ? '
good point, loads of people are from both sides of the border, can legitimately be seen as syria and lebanese...
