Reports of fighters build-up on Syria-Lebanon border are 'baseless'
Security on Lebanon’s eastern border with Syria is “under control” and “sponsored by Saudi Arabia” and the reports about a build-up of foreign fighters on the frontier are “baseless,” senior diplomatic sources told the al-Anbaa news portal of the Progressive Socialist Party.
The unconfirmed reports had said that fighters were mobilizing on the border for possible military action against Hezbollah.
“The issue is under control by the four Lebanese-Syrian joint committees that were formed under direct Saudi supervision and there is no fear of a possible security deterioration in the aforementioned areas,” the sources added.
“Joint cooperation between Lebanese, Syrian and Saudi security agencies led to the seizure of a huge shipment of captagon pills that was en route from Syria to Saudi Arabia through Lebanon and this is an example of effective security coordination,” the sources went on to say.
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