Syria's embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular services following the arrest of two relatives of the deposed Syrian president, Bashar Assad, at Beirut airport with alleged forged passports. The incident has sparked diplomatic tensions and raised concerns about the security implications of the Syrian regime's fall.
BEIRUT — Syria 's embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syria n president Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports.Also on Saturday, Lebanese authorities handed over dozens of Syria ns — including former officers in the Syria n army under Assad — to the new Syria n authorities after they were caught illegally entering Lebanon , a war monitor and Lebanese officials said.
The embassy announced on its Facebook page that consular work was suspended 'until further notice' at the order of the Syrian foreign ministry.Two Lebanese security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said the suspension was ordered because the passports belonging to Assad's relatives were believed to have been forged at the embassy.Assad's uncle, Rifaat Assad — who has been indicted in Switzerland on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity — had flown out the day before on his real passport and was not stopped, the officials said.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Saturday that 70 Syrians, including former army officers, were handed over by a Lebanese security delegation to the security forces of the new Syrian government, led by the former insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS.Three Lebanese judicial officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the report.Regional countries have been quick to establish ties with Syria's new rulers.Delegations of Libyan and Bahraini officials arrived in Damascus on Saturday on official visits.HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, has largely succeeded in calming fears within and outside of Syria that his group would unleash collective punishment against communities that supported Assad's rule or attempt to impose strict Islamic law on the country's religious minoritie
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