Move aimed at preventing smuggling of arms, drugs and to block Hezbollah from infiltrating, Syrian officers say, after Iran-backed terror group attacked Israel in support of Tehran The post Syria deploys thousands of troops to border with Lebanon,

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health announced that a “16-year-old Syrian boy was killed”, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday. He was named as Hussein Mohsen al-Khalaf and was killed in a strike on Kfar Dan near Baalbek, the L’Orient news outlet reported.

By Feras Dalatey, Timour Azhari, Laila Bassam and Mahmoud Hassano DAMASCUS/BEIRUT, March 3 (Reuters) - Syria's defense minsitry said it reinforced its border with Lebanon, and eight Syrian and Lebanese sources said this included rocket units and thousands of troops as conflict spread in the region including between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Having dominated internal politics and dictated foreign policy for the best part of 40 years, it has been seriously degraded since October 2023, with Israeli strikes taking out much of its leadership. Many in Lebanon hoped that the grip Hezbollah held would soon be a thing of the past.

The reopenings are not limited to the Jussiyeh and Yabous crossings, but have been extended to the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon's Bekaa region, the main land crossing between the two

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's relationship with Syria is “radically different” since the fall of former President Bashar Assad, the senior Lebanese minister tasked with managing the country’s relations with its neighbor said on Tuesday. “Under the ...