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Lebanon, Syria face same militant threat: Syrian Foreign Minister

Syria urged Lebanon on Wednesday to cooperate in fighting what it described as a terrorist threat facing the two countries following bomb attacks against their security forces.

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  • Published: 15:43 October 15, 2008
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Damascus: Syria urged Lebanon on Wednesday to cooperate in fighting what it described as a terrorist threat facing the two countries following bomb attacks against their security forces.

"The security cooperation must deepen in the face of this common threat," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem told a news conference after meeting his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh in the Syrian capital.

"The terrorist incidents in Damascus and Tripoli has proven that the two nations are under the same threat," he added.

Authorities in Syria and Lebanon have accused Islamist militants of carrying out the recent bomb attacks.

Syria says a suicide bomber was behind the September 27 Damascus bombing that killed 17 people, while the Lebanese army said on Sunday it had detained Islamist militants who carried out two attacks in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli in August. The Tripoli attacks both targeted the army and killed a total of 22 people, including 15 soldiers.

Moualem also held talks with Salloukh on steps towards establishing diplomatic relations. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree this week to establish formal ties for the first time since France granted the two states independence in the 1940s.

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