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Maintains “Shebaa Farms” card for negotiations with Israel
The question of the demarcation of the borders between Lebanon and Syria was not raised in conjunction with the preparations for the start of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel to demarcate the maritime and land borders between the two countries under the auspices of the United Nations and with American mediation.
Since Damascus still refrains from demarking the common border between the two countries until now, the issue has been raised again in light of the increasing smuggling of fuel from Lebanon to Syria, and the amount smuggled almost drained the Lebanese treasure through of the Banque du Liban, which is studying the lifting of subsidies for petroleum derivatives because their continuation has become a service for smuggling operations. The organization, in the absence of the capacity to stop it and the lack of political coverage from the political forces present in the north of the Bekaa, is being used to deter smugglers who are making huge profits.
“Al-Sharq al-Awsat” learned that there are local parties in the area sponsoring smuggling to circumvent the “Caesar Law”, so “Damascus has no interest in demarcation of borders or cooperating with the Lebanese authorities to stop organized smuggling operations, as smuggling lines constitute the lung from which the regime breathes in Syria. ” .
Damascus insists on keeping the Shebaa Farms card and refuses to release it in the first place, to be attached to international resolutions on Lebanon. Damascus intends, by not approving it in the first place and not in the Lebanese farmer’s way, to reserve a seat to use in its negotiations with Israel should it be decided to return with a lid.
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