SYRIA: Lebanese Interior Minister Ziad Baroud visits Syria for rare talks on border and security issues

Record ID: 279134

  • Title: SYRIA: Lebanese Interior Minister Ziad Baroud visits Syria for rare talks on border and security issues
  • Date: 11th November 2008
  • Summary: SYRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER GENERAL BASSAM ABDUL MAJEED AND HIS LEBANESE COUNTERPART ZIAD BAROUD HEADING TO THE NEWS CONFERENCE HALL THE NEWS CONFERENCE HALL NASRI KHOURY, HEAD OF THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE HIGH COUNCIL (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) NASRI KHOURY, HEAD OF THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE HIGH COUNCIL, SAYING: "A: fighting terrorism and crimes of different kinds. B: establishing a joint te
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  • Topics: International Relations
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  • Story Text: At the meeting the two countries agreed to establish more co-operation to monitor border controls and to improve co-operation on security matters.
    Earlier Lebanese authorities arrested six militants suspected of involvement in bomb attacks in Syria and Lebanon and of belonging to an al Qaeda-inspired Islamist group, security sources said on Monday.
    The Lebanese army confirmed in a statement it had detained five people who "are involved in terrorist acts". Police arrested a sixth man in connection with a bombing in Syria.
    Last month, Lebanon's public prosecutor accused 34 men, including Syrians, Saudis, Lebanese and Palestinians, of belonging to an Islamist cell behind bomb attacks on the army.
    These included explosions in Tripoli on Aug. 13 and Sept. 20, which killed a total of 22 people, 14 of them soldiers.
    Syria linked those attacks to the car bombing in Damascus.
    Syria ended a 29-year military presence in Lebanon in 2005 following international pressure over Hariri's killing.
    Syria, which has called north Lebanon a source of Islamist militancy, has deployed troops on its border with Lebanon in recent months, saying the aim was to prevent smuggling.
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