Following increasing allegations that arms are being smuggled into Lebanon by a Palestinian guerrilla group based in Damascus, local news Web site Naharnet announced Friday that the army has deployed large numbers of troops along the border with Syria. According to the Web site, this move follows a recommendation made by the National Security Committee Wednesday.The deployments stretch from the Hilweh-Yanta-Aita al-Fakhar axis in the North to the hills and valley of Yabseh, east of the townships of Rashaya, Fakhar, and Ein Atta in the South through to Deir al-Ashayer, Kfar Qouq and Aiha, reported Naharnet. It added: "The army has closed down all mountain passes that were carved out by Syrian troops during their presence in Lebanon along with illegal routes that had long been used as lifeline supplies to the Bekaa and south Beirut bases of Ahmad Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine- General Command."