Overview
- Syrian security forces, in raids announced Tuesday, arrested at least 11 suspects across Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Latakia and Tartus and seized explosives, RPG launchers, rifles and grenades.
- The Interior Ministry says the cell trained in Lebanon before slipping into Syria about two months ago to plan assassinations of high-ranking officials.
- Hezbollah rejected the accusation as false, saying it has no presence in Syria.
- Authorities posted 11 mugshots after the arrests, enabling FDD’s Long War Journal to link some detainees to prior service in the Syrian Army and in Liwa al Quds, a pro-Assad militia later folded into the military.
- Independent reporting has so far confirmed the arrests, images and weapons haul rather than the alleged Hezbollah tie, which Syrian officials have tied to a broader series of raids since December 2024.