According to the Al Hayat newspaper, Egypt will file an official request to Lebanon demanding to open investigations of serious deviations, over the Lebanese authorities conspiracy in helping the Hezbollah cell in Egypt, the newspaper quoted Egyptian officials as saying. Egypt, has reportedly, accused the Lebanese government of collaboration with Hezbollah in the alleged attempt to destabilise the North African nation on Tuesday in what is likely to shake diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Egyptian government is reported to claim that the Lebanese authorities provided Hezbollah members with false passports in order to allow the groups operatives to enter Egypt. Egypt arrested 49 people in early April and accused the Shia Lebanese party of recruiting in Egypt in order to carry out attacks at popular tourist areas against Israeli tourists. Cairo is also said to have claimed that Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood (Egypts biggest opposition group) have plans to topple the Egyptian government through a coup détat.
