Hezbollah denied on Wednesday any connection to a cell that Syrian authorities said they had dismantled in the country's south and which they accused of being affiliated with the Lebanese militant group. A statement from the Iran-backed movement's media office said it "categorically denies any relationship or connection between Hezbollah and the alleged cell" and emphasised that "it has no presence whatsoever on Syrian territory and has no involvement in any security or military activity there". On Tuesday, Syria said intelligence services and security forces "thwarted a sabotage plot in the Yarmuk basin in Daraa (province) and arrested a Hezbollah-affiliated cell composed of three individuals". Authorities said the cell attempted "to prepare rocket launch platforms with the aim of carrying out attacks to destabilise security and stability", without specifying the target.
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