Lebanon pursues remnants of Syrian regime in country: What we know
Lebanon’s military has stepped up security efforts amid reports of remnants of the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad inside Lebanese territory.
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s military has stepped up efforts to contain remnants of the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad in the country that are reported to be plotting attacks against Syria’s new leadership.
On Monday the Lebanese military, including intelligence services, conducted a raid at a newly opened residential complex built to house hundreds of Syrian refugees in the Hermel region in northeast Lebanon, according to local reports.
The complex, dubbed Imam Ali, was opened by the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah group on Dec. 14, 2025. Located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Hermel near the border with Syria, the large development was built without formal approval with funding from Iran.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Hezbollah’s official in the Bekaa region, Hussein al-Nimr, said some 20,000 to 30,000 Lebanese who fled villages in disputed areas along the border with Syria and Syrians who fled the coastal violence last March are residing in the complex.
