Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri expressed concern over what has been circulating in the media and among the public about movements by supporters of Syria’s former regime inside Lebanese territory. He called on security services to verify the accuracy of this information and take the necessary measures.
In a statement posted on his X account on Friday, 2 January, Mitri said the duty of Lebanon’s security agencies requires them to deal seriously with such information. He warned of the risks of any actions that could harm Syria’s unity or threaten its security and stability, whether carried out inside Lebanon or launched from it.
He stressed the need to avert these risks by strengthening cooperation with the Syrian authorities, on the basis of “trust and mutual respect for the sovereignty of both countries and the shared interest.”
The statement comes as Qatar’s Al Jazeera, citing what it described as exclusive documents and recordings, reported movements by figures linked to the former Syrian regime in Lebanese border areas, particularly in the town of al-Haysa in the Akkar Plain (northern Lebanon, near the Syrian border).
According to the channel, around 20 former pilots from the former regime’s forces are currently living in Lebanon with their families, after having previously been transferred through Iranian channels before being abandoned. The report said they are seeking to join groups being organized in preparation for potential military moves.
One document, according to Al Jazeera, indicates that these pilots are staying in a hotel and are demanding to be attached to forces said to be in the process of formation. Other documents reportedly showed that former commander of the “Elite Forces,” Major General Suheil al-Hassan, set up a “large” office in the al-Haysa area near the Syrian border, to serve as a headquarters for managing planned military operations against Syria. The channel said this was part of efforts to reorganize ranks and target Syria’s new government.
The leaks also mentioned a commander described as belonging to the former regime’s loyalists, Mahmoud al-Salman, who holds Lebanese citizenship and is based in the Dahr Bashir area (northern Lebanon). The report said he previously took part in fighting inside Syria, and that preparations are underway for his role in what it described as a new armed mobilization.
Al Jazeera leaks
Al Jazeera began publishing recordings on 31 December 2025 that it said it obtained from a hacker who placed calls with both former commander of the “42nd Brigade” Ghayath Dalla and former “Elite Forces” commander Suheil al-Hassan, after convincing them he was an Israeli officer in charge of the Syria file.
According to the channel, there are 74 hours of recordings among the three parties, spanning from April 2025 to December 2025.
The channel continues to air the recordings and documents, which it says reveal the involvement of senior officers from ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in attempts to destabilize Syria and take control of Syria’s coastal region.
The documents showed that the number of fighters affiliated with former regime loyalists reaches around 168,000, distributed across sectors in Homs (central Syria), Hama (west central Syria), Damascus, and the coast, along with deployment maps and a range of weapons that includes anti tank missiles, artillery, and medium and light arms.
The leaks also pointed to financial and organizational disputes between Rami Makhlouf, Assad’s cousin, and Major General Suheil al-Hassan, the former “Elite Forces” commander, amid accusations that al-Hassan inflated fighter numbers to secure greater funding.
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