כחלק מהנסיון של צבא אסד למנוע הברחות נשק ואולי אף מעבר מורדים סורים,מיקש הצבא מספר נקודות שבהם יש סמיכות בין ישוב לבנוני וישוב סורי בצפון לבנון.

Syrian troops plant mines along northern Lebanese borders, report OCTOBER 27, 2011 ⋅ 3:14 PM ⋅ POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER LEBANON, SMUGGLING, SYRIA Syrian troops began planting mines at dawn in an area facing two Lebanese villages – Knaysseh and Al-Hnayder in northern Lebanon in an apparent bid to stem weapons smuggling along the porous border, a Lebanese official told AFP. “A number of Syrian soldiers were also seen deploying on the Syrian side of the border, near the Syrian villages of Heet and Buwayt,” the official said.

נפגעים ראשונים מהמיקוש הסורי,2 לבנונים באזור עמאריה.לפחות אחד מהם נפגע כשניסה לחזור לשטח לבנון מתוך סוריה.

2 Lebanese injured by Syrian landmines NOVEMBER 11, 2011 ⋅ 6:21 PM ⋅ POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER LANDMINES, LEBANON, SYRIA Two Lebanese people were wounded Friday when a landmine exploded at the Lebanon-Syria border, a Lebanese security source told dpa. One of the victims was identified as Ayman al-Mukhtar, a young Lebanese man, who became Friday the first casualty of landmines planted by Syrian troops along the Syria-Lebanon border.