Tensions remain high on the Lebanese-Syrian border, with violent clashes continuing, particularly in Matraba, between armed elements in Hermel and Syrian security forces.
Sunday afternoon, the Lebanese army has sent reinforcements to Masharih el-Qaa, on the border.
This afternoon, shells struck the official school in Qanaf and the locality of Kwakh.
Heavy artillery and missile exchanges took place along the northern border of Hermel, with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham shelling border areas from its artillery positions in Syria’s al-Qusayr region.
Rockets fired from Syrian territory targeted the Qald al-Sabaa checkpoint in the Hermel heights.
Syrian security forces have deployed reinforcements to the border area to sustain their operations, Al-Hadath TV reported on Sunday.
The Syrian Department of Military Operations confirmed it is maintaining security sweeps along the border, utilizing reconnaissance aircraft to track smuggling networks. Additionally, two drones operated by Syrian militants were shot down over the Al-Jarmash border area.
The vice-president of the municipality of Jwar al-Hashich, Ali Jahjah Jaafar, explained in an interview with the National News Agency that "the ongoing fighting is taking place at a distance of 10 to 15 kilometers from the village of Al-Jarmash, which is located in Lebanon and is not part of Syrian territory."
According to him, "Syrian fighters are targeting the Lebanese areas of al-Qasr, Sahlet al-Maa, al-Zakba, al-Midan, Marah al-shaab, Qanafed, and al-Hoshriyah, all of which are inhabited Lebanese villages, as well as positions of the Lebanese army."
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