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Syria accuses Lebanese areas of incubating al-Qaeda & Muslim Brotherhood elements on Syrian border

Syria has accused Lebanese areas of helping al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood along the Syrian border in a letter to the United Nations.

Damascus has alleged in a letter to the UN that some Lebanese areas are helping al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The letter also criticises Turkey and Libya for allegedly providing arms to Syrian rebels.

Lebanon has had a complicated relationship with Syria, which continues to exercise some influence over its neighbour despite the 2005 departure of thousands of Syrian troops and intelligence operatives from Lebanese soil.