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Syria reopens border crossings with Lebanon
Sep 17, 2007, 15:09 GMT
Damascus - Syria announced Monday it would reopen two crossings on its border with Lebanon that were closed three months ago, a Lebanese member of parliament said.
Speaking to journalists after meetings with Syrian officials, the Lebanese member of parliament, Wajih al-Barini, quoted Syria's Vice-President Faruk al-Sharaa as saying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had ordered the immediate reopening of the crossings of al-Dabusiya and al-Arida.
Syria closed three border crossings into Lebanon last June after the Lebanese army launched its military offensive against militants from the radical Islamist group, Fatah al-Islam, in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp.
Syria already reopened the crossing of al-Qa in July.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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Sure Sure Sure....Sep 17th, 2007 - 23:10:47
Time to allow more terrorist in to Lebanon. It is terrorist season you know.
Time to replenish the depleted forces of militants from the radical Islamist group, Fatah al-Islam.
Watch in a month things will pick up again you wait and see. The class of 2007 just graduated
Sure sure sure....
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