Damascus Condemns 'Terrorism' in Lebanon, Says Ready to Help Fighting Criminals
Damascus condemned on Friday the “terrorist operation” targeting Lebanon, stressing on its readiness to cooperate with Lebanese authorities to “fight terrorism.”
"We are ready to cooperate with the Lebanese Ministry of Interior to fight terrorism, persecute terrorists, and to seize criminal tools that are destabilizing Lebanon, Syria and the entire region,” the Syrian Interior Ministry said in a released statement.
The statement added: “We are also ready to provide all possible means to thwart terrorist operations targeting the security of the Syrian and the Lebanese people.”
The Syrian Ministry of Interior considered that “terrorist operations aim at getting to Lebanese state and people through promoting terrorism and extremist Takfiri ideology that is harming the entire region.”
The Damascus statement comes as Lebanon has recently been the scene of several deadly explosions, mainly targeting Hizbullah strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa.
The latest of these blasts took place on Wednesday, as a double explosion hit the Bir Hassan neighborhood in southern Beirut.
The bombs were claimed by the al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades which explained that its operations are a retaliation against Hizbullah's interference in the Syrian war.
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