Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that a first ship carrying Iranian fuel oil to help Lebanon through its financial crisis had docked in Syria on Sunday.
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Nasrallah had announced last month that he had organised purchases of fuel from Iran, Hezbollah's main backer but subject to US economic sanctions, to ease a crippling shortage.
Nasrallah thanked Syria for receiving the shipment and facilitating its transfer, and said it would reach Lebanon by Thursday.
"We were told that the arrival of the vessel here [in Lebanon] would harm the country and we don't want to harm the country so we went for another option," Nasrallah said in a televised speech.
Daily life has been almost paralysed as fuel dries up because Lebanon lacks the dollars to pay for it.
A financial crisis has wiped 90% off the value of the Lebanese pound since 2019, pushed food prices up by more than 550%, and propelled three-quarters of the population into poverty. The World Bank has called it one of the deepest depressions of modern history.
