The General Directorate of State Security – Media, Guidance and Public Relations Division – issued the following statement:

"As part of ongoing efforts to dismantle networks collaborating with the Israeli enemy, the South Regional Directorate of the General Directorate of State Security arrested (E.A.), a Syrian national, following a precise surveillance and monitoring operation, on charges of conducting transactions with the Israeli entity.

Investigations further revealed that the suspect had illegally entered Lebanese territory through unauthorized border crossings.

Legal procedures have been initiated against him under the direction of the competent judiciary."