The Syrian government of President Bashar Al-Assad has accused foreign fighters, including members of al-Qaeda, of smuggling weapons into the country. <br /><br />Even a Lebanese minister has said that members of armed groups including al-Qaeda have crossed the border into Syria illegally.<br /><br />But Omar Bakri, a hardline cleric who Syria claims is the leader of al-Qaeda in Lebanon, said the group was not oeprating in the country.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from northern Lebanon.
