Yemen and Syria Battle Narco-Terrorism
I’m joking of course.
Syrian drug smuggling into Lebanon is a major source of funding, and drug smuggling through Yemen into the Gulf is a well-established route for all those keptagon tablets, kilos of hash etc.
Yemeni-Syrian security committee holds 1st mission
[06 January 2009]
SANA’A , Jan. 06 (Saba) – The first talks session of the Yemen-Syrian security committee started on Tuesday in Sana’a.
The session was chaired by Undersecretary of Interior Minster for General Security Major General Mohammed al-Qawsi and Assistant of Syrian Interior Minister for Organizing and Training Affairs Major General Ibrahim Salman Ali .
The two dealt with the bilateral security cooperation, particularly coordinating aspects in fighting terrorism, organized crime, and drugs as well as the areas of training and qualification, discussing the special procedures for facilitating the entering and departing process and residence of people between the two brotherly countries.
After the first session, the Syrian delegation paid a visit to the Counter-Terrorism Unit in the Central Security Forces and got acquainted with its tasks, achievements and establishing phases, praising the unit’s role in fighting terrorism and expressing their admiration in the advanced level to which the unit reached in its training and combating terrorist crimes .
