Army takes over PFLP-GC post in Qousaya

The Lebanese Army on Monday took over an empty military post that was being used by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, in the Qousaya area near Zahle.

The army also seized control of the post's tunnels, confiscating a quantity of arms and ammunition, the Army Command said in a statement.

"Specialized units are detonating the landmines planted around the post and dismantling dangerous unexploded ordnance," the army said

The army had taken over several other Palestinian posts over the weekend.

A Lebanese security source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that the development is "not directly linked to the ceasefire agreement" between Israel and Lebanon, but rather to the fall of the Assad regime.

"After the fall of the regime in Syria, to which these factions were linked in terms of belonging, equipment and financing, the members who were in the bases fled, leading the army to immediately take over," the source explained.