The Lebanese Prime Minister arrived in Syria for the first visit after the fall of the regime

by Andrea
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The improvement in relations between Syria and Lebanon came after the recent fall of the regime of the Syrian President.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Damascus on Saturday for his first visit since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011. TASR reports on this according to the AFP agency.

The visit is related to the improvement of mutual relations after the unexpected fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in December, when the rebels took power in Syria after a short offensive. He will meet with the country’s new leader Ahmad Shaar, the leader of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The Lebanese parliament just elected General Joseph Awn as the new president on Thursday, ending more than two years of internal political stalemate. This is a consequence of the weakening of the Shiite movement Hezbollah, which cooperated with Assad.

Syria dominated Lebanon for three decades and had to withdraw its army from there only in 2005 in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. It continued to be an important smuggling route from Iran for Hezbollah.

Around the same time, authorities reported a failed attempt by Islamic State jihadists to blow up a Shiite shrine on the outskirts of Damascus. A source from the Syrian intelligence agency said that intelligence and security forces “succeeded in foiling an IS attempt to carry out a bomb attack at the Sajida Zainab shrine”. He added that several people had been arrested. The shrine is one of the most important sites for Shia pilgrims and its popularity has increased especially during the Iranian- of the Iraq War.It is visited annually by approximately 1 million tourists.

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