A Hezbollah cell of three was detained in the Yarmouk Basin in Daraa province, inside the border triangle in southern Syria near the Israeli frontier, according to a statement from Syria's security services.
The three were setting up rocket launchers to carry out attacks and destabilize the area. The plot was thwarted, the launchers were dismantled, and the investigation continues.
Kann news.
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