US EditionLebanon’s relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says
Lebanon will transfer over 300 Syrian prisoners to Syria under a newly approved treaty amid improved bilateral relations since Assad's fall, with transfers starting soon, Deputy Prime Minister said.
- On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said Lebanon's ties with Syria have shifted, and the Lebanese cabinet approved a treaty to transfer more than 300 sentenced prisoners.
- Former President Bashar Assad's rule left Lebanon under Syrian tutelage, and his fall removed that domination, opening space for a different relationship, Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said.
- There are about 2,500 Syrian prisoners in Lebanese jails, most slated for transfer were not convicted of violent crimes, and those convicted of major crimes must serve 7.5 years first.
- Another treaty in the works will need Lebanese parliament ratification, a bilateral working group on disappearances was formed, and Lebanon's security agencies found no proof of armed plots by Assad-era officials.
- With UNIFIL's mandate ending this year, Lebanon's military announced last month it concluded phase one of a disarmament plan, and further phases will follow later this week.
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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.
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