Exchange of fire on Lebanese-Syrian border

The Syrian-Lebanese border witnessed an armed clash between smugglers, resulting in two deaths and another injury. This resulted from ongoing smuggling activity and ongoing security tensions

Exchange of fire on Lebanese-Syrian border
26 August, 2025   11:56
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An armed clash erupted between Syrian and Lebanese smugglers at dawn today on the Syrian-Lebanese border, near the Lebanese border town of Khreibeh.

Local sources reported to Al-Nahar newspaper that two people were killed, a Lebanese and a Syrian, and another Lebanese man was injured and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

According to field reports, the exchange of fire was the result of ongoing smuggling activities in the area, amid persistent security tensions in the border areas between the two countries.

These incidents come amid the absence of Syrian government forces from protecting its borders with neighboring countries, resulting in widespread smuggling operations and daily clashes that claim the lives of civilians in those areas.

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