Security Measures Upped along Northern Border with Syria
The army blocked the dirt road at the Hekr al-Dahri bridge over the Kabir River on the northern border with Syria in Akkar, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.
It was also said that the army deployed checkpoints in different areas of Akkar and organized patrols in several villages.
The army and security forces tasked to control the border, upped security measures along the northern border with Syria starting from al-Arida crossing stretching to Wadi Khaled all the way along the Kabir river.
Since the Syrian crisis broke out in March 2011, border areas in northern Lebanon have been infiltrated and movement to and from Syria was reported.
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