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Al Bawaba
4 days ago
- General
- Al Bawaba
Syria to reopen border crossing with Lebanon ahead of Eid al-Adha
ANKARA The Syrian authorities announced Sunday evening the reopening of the Al-Arida border crossing with Lebanon on Tuesday, ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday. 'We kindly inform travelers that the Al-Arida border crossing with Lebanon will open for passenger movement on Tuesday morning,' Syria's Land and Sea Ports General Authority said in a statement. The authority added that the decision was made 'despite ongoing restoration and maintenance work, in order to facilitate the movement of residents during the Eid al-Adha holiday,' which begins Friday. Located between the village of Al-Arida in Lebanon's northern Akkar Governorate and Syria's western Tartus Governorate, the crossing has undergone maintenance by Syrian authorities as part of rehabilitation efforts. Beirut has also carried out repairs on the Lebanese side of the crossing after it was targeted by Israeli airstrikes during the latest conflict between Lebanon and Israel last September. No official statement has been issued by Lebanese authorities regarding the reopening. The move is expected to ease travel for families and trade between the two countries during the holiday period. Lebanon and Syria are connected by six official border crossings: Jdeidet Yabous, Dabousiyah, Jusiyah, Talkalakh, Matribah, and Al-Arida.
Asharq Al-Awsat
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Syria Says foiled Attempt to Smuggle out 4 million Captagon Tablets
Syrian authorities on Monday announced that they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle out four million tablets of captagon, an amphetamine-like narcotic that has flooded the region. The interior ministry said in a statement that authorities seized 'over four million captagon tablets that were tightly hidden inside industrial equipment designed for manufacturing flour used for human consumption.' It said they had acted on 'accurate information received from our sources about a shipment of drugs hidden inside industrial equipment prepared for smuggling outside the country.' Under Assad's rule, captagon became Syria's largest export during the civil war that erupted in 2011 and a key source of illicit funding for his government, according to AFP. Since Assad's ouster last December, the new authorities have discovered millions of captagon pills in warehouses and on military bases. The interior ministry said those involved in the latest operation have been 'arrested, the equipment containing the drugs has been seized, and the arrested individuals have been referred for investigation based on a decision issued by the public prosecution.'
Al Arabiya
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Syria says foiled attempt to smuggle out 4 million captagon tablets
Syrian authorities on Monday announced that they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle out four million tablets of captagon, an amphetamine-like narcotic that has flooded the region. The interior ministry said in a statement that authorities seized 'over four million captagon tablets that were tightly hidden inside industrial equipment designed for manufacturing flour used for human consumption.' It said they had acted on 'accurate information received from our sources about a shipment of drugs hidden inside industrial equipment prepared for smuggling outside the country.' The tablets were seized in the key port city of Latakia. Under Bashar al-Assad's rule, captagon became Syria's largest export during the civil war that erupted in 2011 and a key source of illicit funding for his government. Since al-Assad's ouster last December, the new authorities have discovered millions of captagon pills in warehouses and on military bases. The interior ministry said those involved in the latest operation have been 'arrested, the equipment containing the drugs has been seized, and the arrested individuals have been referred for investigation based on a decision issued by the public prosecution.' Last week, Syrian authorities announced the seizure of around nine million captagon tablets that were headed for Turkey, after a month-long operation. Drug smuggling has persisted in Syria despite the new rulers' efforts, with neighboring countries occasionally seizing large quantities of captagon. Iraqi security forces seized more than a tonne of captagon smuggled from Syria via Turkey in March, and Jordan thwarted a smuggling attempt from Syria in April, confiscating 'hundreds of thousands' of captagon tablets. With AFP
