Syria’s interior ministry said Sunday that security forces thwarted an alleged cross-border attack near the border of Israel planned by remnants of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime and cells linked to the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organization.

From March 2 until a 10-day ceasefire went into force on April 17, Hezbollah was battling Israel after drawing Lebanon into the Middle East war with rocket fire aimed at Israel in support of Tehran.

In a statement, the interior ministry said security forces “arrested members of a sabotage cell” linked to Hezbollah and Assad remnants.

The ministry said the cell “was working to carry out an attack from inside Syrian territory on targets outside the borders” from Quneitra province, which borders Israel. However, authorities didn’t name the country that had been about to be targeted.

Syria’s official SANA news agency, quoting an interior ministry source, said Hezbollah “intended to launch missiles across the border with the aim of destabilizing the country.”

Hezbollah provided military support to Assad, who was overthrown in December 2024 by an Islamist coalition hostile to the Shiite group.

Since then, its supply routes from Syria have been cut off, and........

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