Published on 6/24/2026
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Last update: 18:58 (Mecca time)
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Damascus received – today, Wednesday – a second batch of 128 Syrian convicts in the Lebanese Roumieh prison, after receiving a first batch about three months ago.
Activists had published on social media platforms this morning scenes that they said showed the evacuation of a new batch of Syrian detainees inside the Lebanese Roumieh prison, in preparation for their transfer to Syria, within the framework of implementing the agreement concluded between Damascus and Beirut regarding the return of Syrian convicts from Lebanon to their country.
This comes after the Syrian Minister of Justice, Mazhar Al-Wais, announced yesterday, Tuesday, that his country is close to receiving a new batch of Syrian prisoners sentenced in Lebanon, within the framework of implementing the judicial agreement concluded with the Lebanese state.
The minister added in a post on the “X” platform that the number of prisoners reached 128, expressing his thanks to all parties that contributed to the completion of this step.
What are the most prominent charges?
For his part, Director of Media and Communications at the Syrian Ministry of Justice, Baraa Abdel Rahman, told “Syria Now” that the charges against the second batch of prisoners in Lebanese prisons are diverse, related to terrorism, political issues, belonging to military factions, and felonies.
The release of this batch comes within the framework of the agreement signed by Syria and Lebanon in the capital, Beirut, on February 6, which stipulates the transfer of Syrian convicts from Lebanon (the country where the ruling was issued) to their country, Syria.
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This is the second batch after the Syrian Ministry of Justice received the first batch of detainees from Roumieh Prison and other Lebanese detention centers on March 17 last through the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing in the Damascus countryside.
The Chargé d’Affairs of the Syrian Embassy in Lebanon, Iyad Hazza, previously told the Syrian News Agency, SANA, that the total number of the first batch reached 136 detainees, with the rest being handed over in succession as soon as the fundamental procedures for their exit are completed.
What happens to the transferred prisoners?
The representative of the Syrian Ministry of Justice, Judge Counselor Nammour Ahmed al-Nimr, confirmed during a statement to SANA on March 17, that the signed agreement includes exclusively convicts against whom final judicial rulings were issued by the Lebanese judiciary, indicating that there are other arrangements and paths that will address the conditions of different groups outside the scope of this agreement.
Judge Al-Nimr added that those convicted will be dealt with in accordance with Syrian laws regulating the implementation of sentences, and in a manner consistent with the procedures followed against their counterparts against whom sentences were issued by the Syrian judiciary.
