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Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said Amman and Damascus coordinate daily to combat smuggling and train Syrian security agencies, announcing that 15,342 drug cases had been recorded this year. He also discussed overcrowding in rehabilitation centres, border-crossing development, the return of Syrians, conditions in the West Bank and the impact of unemployment on security and society.
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Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said Amman and Damascus coordinate daily to combat smuggling and train Syrian security agencies, announcing that 15,342 drug cases had been recorded this year. He also discussed overcrowding in rehabilitation centres, border-crossing development, the return of Syrians, conditions in the West Bank and the impact of unemployment on security and society.
Syrian presidential media adviser Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan denied reports of direct contacts and talks between the Syrian government and Hezbollah in Türkiye, stressing that Damascus supports the Lebanese state and negotiates only with it. The denial followed a Syrian announcement that a cell allegedly affiliated with the group had been detained; Hezbollah in turn denied any activity inside Syria.
Syrian presidential media adviser Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan denied reports of direct contacts and talks between the Syrian government and Hezbollah in Türkiye, stressing that Damascus supports the Lebanese state and negotiates only with it. The denial followed a Syrian announcement that a cell allegedly affiliated with the group had been detained; Hezbollah in turn denied any activity inside Syria.
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