DAMASCUS,(ST)-In a cable sent to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry, the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry has underscored that over the past 36 hours a large number of armed terrorist groups infiltrated into Syrian lands coming from Lebanon via the crossings of Mathoumeh,Ain al-Shaara,Jousiya and qrayat in Tal Kalakh countryside.
“The borders guard clashed with them inside Syria and the clashes continue so far causing dead and wounded of these groups where they evacuated inside Lebanon, “added the ministry.
The ministry made it clear that these terrorist groups still gathering inside Lebanon where our forces are observing them thoroughly .Our forces are keeping ultimate self-disciplinary concerning non-targeting them. Hopefully the competent Lebanese sides will exert efforts to control borders with Syria in the benefit of the two countries ,to protect innocents and non-escalation which these terrorist groups aim at.
“Syria expect Lebanon won’t allow those groups to utilize from borders as they target the security of the Syrian people ,breaching Syria’s sovereignty and exploiting the good –neighborly between the two brotherly countries, “underlined the ministry.
The ministry pointed out that the flow of gunmen and arms remarkably commenced in (12-3-2013)from Lebanon to Syria at al-Quseir and Jousya districts until now rather than the apparent logistic support from the Lebanese lands and conveying dead and wounded of the armed gangs through ambulances into Lebanon.
“Syrian Arab armed Forces still in a self-discipline state concerning non-targeting armed groupings inside Lebanon but this will not last forever, ‘stressed the ministry.
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