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Syrian-Lebanese diplomatic engagement

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In early July 2026, 2026 Syrian Foreign Minister As'ad Shibani visited Lebanon for two days, meeting senior political and religious leaders in Beirut and Tripoli. The trip culminated in Lebanon, leading to a bilateral agreement establishing that created a Lebanese‑Syrian Joint Supreme Committee to replace a dormant 1990s high council. The new body is tasked with coordinating coordinate border security, preventing smuggling, addressing the status of address Syrian detainees in Lebanese prisons, and reviving revive trade projects such as those linked to the newly opened Qleiat Airport. The minister stressed that Syria has had no intention of a military presence in Lebanon and framed the outreach as a state‑to‑state partnership respecting Lebanese sovereignty. Later that month, interim President Abdel Fattah Joulani reiterated the same non‑intervention stance in an interview with Al‑Jazeera. He emphasized ongoing cooperation with the Lebanese government to stabilise Lebanon, stance, warned against any confrontation with Israel, and highlighted linked the diplomatic push to broader regional security initiatives, including a prospective security agreement with Israel and Israel, negotiations with Russia over Russian bases in Syria. Joulani also linked the diplomatic push to broader issues such as the removal of Syrian sanctions, Syria, progress on a Kurdish agreement, and improving improved ties with Iraq. Together, On 26 July 2026 President al‑Joulani again emphasized that Syria will not launch a military intervention in Lebanon, warning that chaos there would directly affect Syria. He reaffirmed cooperation with the two Lebanese government, the pursuit of a multilateral security pact with Israel that could underpin a wider peace while preserving Syria’s claim to the Golan, and the view that lifting sanctions would be ineffective without removal from the terrorism‑support list. Together these statements show a coordinated Syrian effort in throughout July 2026 to deepen diplomatic ties with Lebanon while unequivocally ruling out military involvement, positioning situating the engagement within a wider broader regional security and economic context.

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