Lebanese-Syrian Committee Discuss Latest Reports of Arms Smuggling to Damascus
The joint security and military by-committee for the Bekaa in Lebanon and Reef Damascus in Syria held a meeting on Thursday during which both sides suggested the formation of a joint military and security by-committee to monitor the situation along the border between the Bekaa and Reef Damascus provinces, reported the National News Agency.
The two sides also addressed the alleged arms smuggling from the Lebanese towns of Arsal, al-Tafil, Maarboun. And Deir al-Aashaer.
Thursday’s meeting was held on the insistence of the Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council in order to tackle “the problems of weapons smuggling,” the gatherers said in a statement.
Syrian officials during the meeting presented the names of Lebanese and Syrian individuals who are “smuggling arms into Syria and carrying out sabotage operations in the country.”
The gatherers demanded that the border between the two countries be monitored, stressing the need for cooperation, “through all possible means”, to ensure the success of their mission.
Source: Agence France Presse
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