Published On 22/11/2025
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Last update: 03:55 (Mecca time)
Lebanese Minister of Justice Adel Nassar said yesterday, Friday, that Syria is positive about providing information to his country about assassinations and disappearances that occurred during the rule of the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime.
The minister stated in a press conference that Lebanon requested from Syria information regarding assassinations committed during the period of the previous regime, in addition to the files of forcibly disappeared Lebanese who fled from justice.
The most prominent figures who have been assassinated in Syria include former presidents Bashir Gemayel and Rene Moawad, prime ministers including Rafik Hariri, and clerics, most notably the former Mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Hassan Khaled, and others.
The Lebanese Minister of Justice pointed out that there is positivity from the Syrian side in this regard, expressing his hope that this positivity will be translated into practical steps.
He added that any treatment of the file of Syrian prisoners in Lebanon will take place through the applicable laws and through the competent institutions.
Nassar stressed Lebanon’s commitment to the law and the sovereignty of its institutions, according to the statement.
On Thursday, Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met in the capital, Damascus, with Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Mitri, who discussed several topics with Syrian officials, including the file of missing persons.
According to Agence France-Presse, quoting a judicial official, “about 2,250 Syrians are detained in Lebanese prisons, and they constitute about a third of the total prisoners,” adding that “about 700 of them meet the conditions for extradition, but the matter requires a new agreement between the two countries.”
Among the Syrian prisoners in Lebanon are hundreds who were arrested on charges of “terrorism” and belonging to armed factions, and were referred to the military court, and others accused of launching attacks on the Lebanese army in border areas over the years. The Syrian revolution.
On November 14, the Lebanese Minister of Justice said that he discussed with his Syrian counterpart, Mazhar Al-Wais, the signing of a judicial cooperation agreement, which would allow a number of files to be resolved, including the issue of Syrian detainees in Lebanon.
The Syrian Ministry of Justice said that Alwais’s visit to Lebanon aims to follow up on the file of Syrian detainees, and “to discuss ways of cooperation to support joint efforts to lift injustice against detainees and achieve justice in a way that preserves their dignity and rights.”
Syria had previously announced that it had reached an agreement with Lebanon to hand over Syrian prisoners not convicted of murder.