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Syrian government forces, mainly made up of fighters from the now dissolved Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group, have clashed with Shiite clans linked to Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon, with both sides taking casualties.
The clashes began on February 6 in the western countryside of Homs. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the Border Security Department launched an operation in the border town of Hawik, mainly inhabited by Lebanese citizens from the Zoaiter and Jaafar clans. Multiple suspects were arrested, and weapons and illicit goods were seized, according to the state-run news agency.
The two Shiite clans are allegedly involved in smuggling weapons to Hezbollah, as well as in the trafficking of illicit drugs, mainly a synthetic amphetamine known as Captagon.
The operation escalated into clashes between Syrian government forces and gunmen from the two clans.
Al-Mayadeen TV, which is close to Hezbollah, reported that the Lebanese side captured two fighters, while Syrian government forces detained 14 women and children.
Syrian government forces used heavy weapons, including multiple rocket launchers, main battle tanks and drones. In response to the escalation, the Lebanese army deployed reinforcements along the border.
SANA said that a member of the country’s security forces was killed in the clashes, while Al-Mayadeen reported the death of three on the Lebanese side.
The clashes continued into February 7, following an overnight detainee exchange at the Jusiyah border crossing, which was overseen by the Lebanese Armed Forces. According to Hezbollah-affiliated news outlet Al-Mayadeen, the exchange saw the release of 16 women and children from the Syrian town of al-Aqrabiyah and the two Syrian fighters from the Lebanese side.
By the end of the second day of the clashes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Syrian government forces were in control of most of the border, including Hawik and the nearby towns of al-Qasir and Akwm.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun discussed the situation on the border with his Syrian counterpart Ahmad al-Sharaa during the day.
“They agreed to coordinate efforts to control the situation and prevent attacks on civilians,” said the Lebanese presidency on its X account. Aoun also took the opportunity to congratulate al-Sharaa on his accession to the presidency.
All in all, both Syria and Lebanon appear to be willing to coordinate to secure the border. However, this will be another setback for Hezbollah which lost its main supply route with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria last December. It is unclear yet how the group could react once the conflict with Israel is over.
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the russians change sides in an orwellian way. kinda scary and impressive at the same time.
moron amerikunt vanya cannot comprehend orwell sides or russians
if americans had any integrity they would do the same and dump israel.
only a moron would want permanent alliances. george washington said so in his farewell address.
why should americans dump israel? did russia dump israel?
its isreals descision who to dump not the other way around.
silly comment. go jump off a high cliff right away, scum jew!
bella…bella…
that seems very convenient for israel.
it may not be. erdogan will do his usual party piece, playing off one side against another. he may reopen the trans syria supply route to hezbollah if he isn’t allowed to wipe out the kurds. everything is transactional. in any case, all syrians and lebanese have advanced degrees in smuggling. hezbollah’s position is not as bad as people imagine. hamas survived 16 months of attempts to destroy it. hezbollah isn’t going away any time soon.
the people who overthrew assad may come to regret it. syria is now a 3 ring circus with multiple factions in bed with one another one day and at each other’s throats the next. erdogan, kurds, israhell, jewsa, russia, iran, shady wahabia, hezbollah, all the world and his dog. it will be virtually impossible to work out what’s happening, much less control it.
now the jews will support the most violent faction until syria is even further depopulated.
not necessarily. israel can slowly advance and take over territories as long as there is conflict. if there is complete peace. it will be harder for israel to take over territories.
the jews wettest dream – the greater israel (won’t ever happen since they will all be buried before then)
which kidnapped women and children?
is russia collaborating with kidnappers of women and children?
what a load of foolishness. don’t you know russia has laws, morals and principles. unlike american or israeli butchers and their brutality!
no, as american military are using ukrainians as fodder against russia, the american military are using al qaeda or what ever the american military’s preferred nameisis ! used against hezbollah, good luck with that!
continued.. aye the syrians themselves knows they are going to be treated like palestinians very shortly. american government and israel have cooked their goose! watch this space!
couldn’t agree with this more! zios are champions in terms of overthrowing goverments and making chaos and confusion.
israel the antichrist is winning again
hezbollah has been an epic failure and could have prevented alot of horrible shit from happening
but for hezbollah, lebanon would now have been occupied by shlomo for the past 40 years and covered with filthy illegal settlements like the west bank.
lousy comment – try again and try intelligence!
sana now became szna, syrian zionist news agency, after ultra-zionist monster al joulani took over.
whenever they fight it’s evident this is jew sponsored. it’s what jews do. egg on fighting between gentiles.
please don’t confuse jew with zionism, the jew detest them as much as we do!
it’s all just abouf them having moslems killing moslems or jews in the middle east imo.keep it simple ,stupid.
syria would rather flex its muscles against a tiny lebanon even as its territory is occupied by numerous foreign powers. syria has no water or fuel security, all the root causes of the conflict still exist
so syrian terrorist kidnapped women and children in exchnage for 2 of thier terrorist. this clearly shows that this terrorist cannot stand full feldge war with hezbollah and its allies. and this also clearly show this syrian terrorist whabhi goverment is helping israel just bcuz they dont like shia . jolani and thier gang will regret. and look like sf news is getting more sided with zionist and whabbi thugs
this khazarian jewish mafia made mess is orchestrated confusion. as always
the new “syrian (sunni islamic terrorist) government”? the (secular) assad “regime” ?
how the hell you can’t comprehend that? those cunts are out of ummah since 2016, world ullemas meeting in grozny, those wahhabi sluts.
maybe the hezbollah backed guys will win and they’ll get their supply route back. maybe hezbollah isn’t is in a bad position as it appears. if they were, why wouldn’t israel be going for a full throttle assault on them?
sndbehind these clashes with hezbollah you’ll find the jews (that don’t want to jeopardise the truce untill they have received all hostages) but once that is done and the second part of the truce will be negotiated and then you will see the true nature of the jews ( and also the reasons why it is necessary to eradicate all jews and leave not one live jew behind)!
hamas would be better off delivering the rest if the hostages in bodybags. wouldteach the thieving murdering jews that honesty is far better than their genocidal existence. thus hostages in body bags!,
that syrian terrorist was wearing isil logo on his hands . it clearly shows now they r at the border with lebnon to create war on behalf of zionist isreal. shiite fighters has to increase thier survillence and also try to save thier brother in syria from this isil thugs muwaiya yazidi onare now behind shia .