Lebanon FM: Labeling Hezbollah as terrorist organization ‘Unacceptable’

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Gebran-Bassil- NYCForeign Minister Gebran Bassil stressed on Sunday that describing   Hezbollah  as a terrorist group at the Arab League was “unacceptable.

Bassil who heads up the Free Patriotic Movement,  a stanch all of Hezbollah  pointed  out that Lebanon had already expressed reservation on that labeling.

In an interview with  the Kuwaiti al-Rai daily Bassil said: “Hezbollah has  a broad representation of Lebanese. It enjoys mass parliamentary and ministerial blocs.”

“We have agreed to the terms of the rest of the resolution. It was normal not to accept describing the party as a terrorist,” added the Minister.

Bassil reiterated that Lebanon condemns the attacks against Saudi missions in Iran and denounced any interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries.”

The Arab League on Friday  also declared the Iranian backed  Hezbollah  militant group a “terrorist” group, after  the Gulf Cooperation  Council adopted the same stance over the movement’s support for the regime in Syria’s war and its interference in the internal affairs of several countries such as bahrain , Yemen and Iraq .

The Arab League   move reflects the worsening tensions between  Iran and the  Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), of which  Saudi Arabia is a leading  member.

Correspondents say the move by the Arab League, in the wake of the decision by the Saudi-led Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), will intensify pressure on Hezbollah.

This development comes a month after Riyadh cut ties with Tehran following demonstrations in which its embassy and a consulate were torched, in the wake of the Saudi execution of a  Shiite cleric activist .

The Arab League’s   decision was endorsed by the majority of foreign ministers of the pan-Arab body except for Lebanon and Iraq which expressed “reservations”.

Iraqi FM Ibrahim al-Jaafari’s defended  Hezbollah in a speech before the Arab League in Cairo Friday , which prompted the Saudi delegation to storm out of the meeting.

“Whoever accuses the Popular Mobilization forces and Hezbollah of terrorism is the one who supports and adopts terrorism,” Jaafari , a Shiite  who founded the National Reform Trend party said in his speech.

The Popular Mobilization forces he is referring to are the Iranian and Iraqi   Shiite militias  which are being  led by Iranian  General Qassem Suleimani who heads up the Quds force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard . The Quds Force  is behind the creation of Hezbollah in 1982.

In January, GCC member Bahrain said it had dismantled a “terror” cell allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah.

Saudi Arabia and fellow Gulf nations also accuse Iran of supporting Shiite rebels in Yemen, as well as attempting to destabilize their own regimes.

On March 2, the GCC — which also includes Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — declared Hezbollah a “terrorist” group.

It was the latest step taken by Gulf states against Hezbollah.

It came days after Saudi Arabia in February suspended a $4 billion program for military supplies to Lebanon in protest against Hezbollah.

After that announcement, Saudi Arabia issued a travel advisory urging  its nationals to leave Lebanon and avoid traveling there. Qatar and Kuwait later issuing similar advisories.

The United Arab Emirates  went a step further  and decided to reduce its embassy staff in Lebanon

Several countries list Hezbollah as a terrorist group , including the United States, Canada and Australia . The European Union has also blacklisted Hezbollah’s military wing.

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10 responses to “Lebanon FM: Labeling Hezbollah as terrorist organization ‘Unacceptable’”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Brainwashed Bassil … at such an early age.
    “It enjoys massively delusioned parliamentary and ministerial blockheads like me.” – And all with only 2 seats.
    “Assad will tell us how to run our democracy” into the ground.
    “Look how successful the last 5 years have been.”

    1. master09 Avatar

      Hey 5th get your helmet on the brainwashed like him on this site will come out soon to call you Zionist vermin or child killer. Lebanon is FREE never, when we allow a gang that have more weapons than the State army.
      Pockets of this guy are getting filled well.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        And no help comes to the descent Lebanese people who need it … not even a bottle of water.

      2. CupOfCoffee Avatar
        CupOfCoffee

        “King David” is fake.

        1. master09 Avatar

          Every politician in Lebanon including the ones that brainwashed you are FAKE and are thieves.

          1. CupOfCoffee Avatar
            CupOfCoffee

            But David is fake, and the Temple of Solomonia does not exist either.

      3. Still pretending to be Lebanese I see …

    2. CupOfCoffee Avatar
      CupOfCoffee

      “King Solomon” is fake.

  2. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
    Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

    A non-state actor which uses violence against civilians to instill fear in order to exact political concessions. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization.

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