US EditionLebanon’s relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says
Lebanon will transfer over 300 Syrian prisoners under a new treaty as part of broader efforts to resolve disputes and stabilize relations after Assad's fall.
- On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said Lebanon's relations with Syria are now radically different since Assad's fall, and the cabinet approved transferring over 300 prisoners, with transfers expected within weeks.
- After Assad's fall, Mitri explained, 'The Syrian regime interfered in domestic affairs in so many ways,' but the present Syrian government is not interested in hegemony over Lebanon or interference.
- Records show about 2,500 Syrian prisoners are held in Lebanese jails, with the 7.5-year served eligibility rule limiting transfers for major crimes, and most slated for transfer were not convicted of violent crimes.
- The army will present its second-phase plan later this week after Gen. Rodolphe Haykal returns, following last month's conclusion of disarmament south of the Litani River amid Israel's ongoing strikes.
- Local officials insist `We are not harbouring regime remnants here`, as the working group on disappearances investigates, and Lebanese security agencies found no proof of Assad-era plots.
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Lebanon-Syria ties have made dramatic positive shift: deputy PM
Lebanon's relationship with Syria is "radically different" since the fall of former ruler Bashar Assad, the senior Lebanese minister tasked with managing the country’s relations with its neighbour said on Tuesday. "Under the Assad regime, Lebanon was de facto under Syrian tutelage. The Syrian regime interfered in domestic affairs in so many ways," Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri told The Associated Press. "The present Syrian government is neit…
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Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says
Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Fourteen months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, relations between Lebanon and Syria have not improved significantly. There are still points of tension between the two countries, such as the demand for the release of Syrian detainees in Lebanon by Damascus, and the presence in Lebanon of supporters of the former Syrian regime.
Lebanon has been trying to ease its tense relations with Damascus since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. The country's authorities are now working on several agreements with the new Syrian government, which they believe will help normalize ties. The Lebanese side has already ensured that part of the relevant legislative procedures regarding a certain number of Syrian prisoners in the country are met, which, they believe, should be …
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