{"id":1172,"date":"2025-04-17T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/2025\/04\/17\/syrias-border-pact-lebanon-and-damascus-unite-to-combat-smuggling\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T06:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:00:51","slug":"syrias-border-pact-lebanon-and-damascus-unite-to-combat-smuggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/2025\/04\/17\/syrias-border-pact-lebanon-and-damascus-unite-to-combat-smuggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria&#8217;s Border Pact: Lebanon and Damascus Unite to Combat Smuggling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant move to enhance border security and combat illicit activities, Lebanon and Syria have agreed to form a joint committee. The announcement followed a meeting between Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus, marking a new chapter in bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Border-Pact%3A-Lebanon-and-Damascus-Unite-to-Combat-Smuggling-Image-Placement-1.jpg?alt=media\" alt=\"Syria's Border Pact: Lebanon and Damascus Unite to Combat Smuggling - Image 1\"><\/p>\n<h2>Border Security Pact<\/h2>\n<p>The primary focus of this collaborative effort is to implement a recently established border security pact. Key objectives include the precise demarcation of the shared border and a concerted crackdown on smuggling and illegal crossings, which have long plagued the region. This initiative aims to address the persistent challenges of cross-border crime and enhance regional stability.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Border-Pact%3A-Lebanon-and-Damascus-Unite-to-Combat-Smuggling-Image-Placement-2.jpg?alt=media\" alt=\"Syria's Border Pact: Lebanon and Damascus Unite to Combat Smuggling - Image 2\"><\/p>\n<h3>Internal and External Developments<\/h3>\n<p>President al-Sharaa&#8217;s administration has also extended the deadline for the fact-finding committee investigating the Alawite killings by three months. This decision underscores the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing internal issues and ensuring accountability. Simultaneously, in a development signaling shifting alliances, South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria, a move perceived as a setback for North Korea, which previously considered Damascus an ally until the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Border-Pact%3A-Lebanon-and-Damascus-Unite-to-Combat-Smuggling-Image-Placement-3.jpg?alt=media\" alt=\"Syria's Border Pact: Lebanon and Damascus Unite to Combat Smuggling - Image 3\"><\/p>\n<p>These developments occur against the backdrop of recent leadership changes in Syria, with Ahmad al-Sharaa assuming the presidency after a period of intense conflict and the ousting of Bashar al-Assad. The new government is actively working to stabilize the nation and tackle various internal and external challenges, with border security being a paramount concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanon and Syria form a joint committee to enhance border security and combat smuggling, marking a new chapter in bilateral relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/halaalnet-news-website.firebasestorage.app\/halaal_images\/Syria%27s-Border-Pact%3A-Lebanon-and-Damascus-Unite-to-Combat-Smuggling-Image-Placement-1.jpg?alt=media","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halaal.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}