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.
02 July 2025, 18:52
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Rent-a-mercenary? I predicted in January, at a meeting of southern Maine (USA) Republicans, that Trump's executive orders wouldn't change anything. I just read that his new tariff on China may make fireworks unavailable, presumably supplies for this year's Fourth celebration were already imported, but the 250th birthday of the US was mentioned as a possible victim, since 90% of professional fireworks come from China. I begin to grasp the wisdom behind my brash claim: a leader, said Thomas Jefferson, "who rules least rules best." Even an emperor must be alert to the danger of attempting the impossible by not sufficiently informing himself on conditions, including public attitudes, before issuing a diktat. Nobody can make water run up hill by just telling it to. So let's see what Trump does to the Middle East.
