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Lebanon Army Says Returned Fire Coming from Syria in Border Area

The Lebanese army said it had responded to incoming fire from across the Syrian border on Saturday. (AFP file photo)
The Lebanese army said it had responded to incoming fire from across the Syrian border on Saturday. (AFP file photo)
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Lebanon Army Says Returned Fire Coming from Syria in Border Area

The Lebanese army said it had responded to incoming fire from across the Syrian border on Saturday. (AFP file photo)
The Lebanese army said it had responded to incoming fire from across the Syrian border on Saturday. (AFP file photo)

The Lebanese army said it had responded to incoming fire from across the Syrian border on Saturday, two days after the new authorities in Damascus said they had launched operations against smugglers in the area.

Following directives from President Joseph Aoun, "the army command issued orders to military units deployed on the northern and eastern borders to respond to the sources of fire launched from Syrian territory," it said.

"These units have begun responding with appropriate weapons, in light of recent clashes".

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Trump Administration Faces Pressure to Ease Sanctions on Syria

Members of the “Syrian-American Coalition for Peace and Prosperity” meet at the Republican Party headquarters in Washington with Senate Majority Leader Senator John Thune to discuss the urgent need to lift sanctions on Syria (X)
Members of the “Syrian-American Coalition for Peace and Prosperity” meet at the Republican Party headquarters in Washington with Senate Majority Leader Senator John Thune to discuss the urgent need to lift sanctions on Syria (X)
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Trump Administration Faces Pressure to Ease Sanctions on Syria

Members of the “Syrian-American Coalition for Peace and Prosperity” meet at the Republican Party headquarters in Washington with Senate Majority Leader Senator John Thune to discuss the urgent need to lift sanctions on Syria (X)
Members of the “Syrian-American Coalition for Peace and Prosperity” meet at the Republican Party headquarters in Washington with Senate Majority Leader Senator John Thune to discuss the urgent need to lift sanctions on Syria (X)

US lawmakers have renewed pressure on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Pruitt to provide answers on their plans to ease the crippling economic sanctions on Syria.
The move comes as the United States seeks to influence the transitional process following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Two weeks after their initial letter, US Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Representative Joe Wilson, Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a bipartisan follow-up letter to Rubio, urging the State Department to provide details and a clear timeline on the Trump Administration’s plans to revise US sanctions on Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime.
In their letter, they acknowledged the historic opportunity Syria faces for rebuilding in the absence of Assad’s repressive regime.
“We are writing to request a follow-up briefing to discuss the specifics of the State Department’s plans to update US sanctions on Syria. As noted by your response, we mutually recognize Syria’s historic opportunity to rebuild in the absence of Assad’s repressive rule,” wrote the lawmakers.
The request follows a letter Warren and Wilson sent to the Department of State last month, pressing the administration to reevaluate outdated, broad-based sanctions that now risk undermining regional stability and reconstruction.
“Our current sanctions not only threaten Syria’s economic and social stability but also risk spurring migration, worsening dependency on illicit drug exports, and once again providing inroads for Iran or Russia,” they also noted.