Lebanon to complain to Security Council after Israeli strike threatened civilian airliners

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Smoke rises past a mountain as seen from Damascus countryside, Syria December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Smoke rises past a mountain as seen from Damascus countryside, Syria December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki.Lebanon’s Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos confirmed on Wednesday that airstrikes launched towards southern Damascus overnight threatened the safety of civilian airliners that were flying over Lebanese airspace at the time of the attack.

Lebanon’s  foreign ministry is set to lodge a complaint against Israel at the UN security council, after airstrikes purportedly launched by Israel towards Syria threatened civilian airliners flying over Lebanese airspace.

Lebanon’s Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos confirmed on Wednesday that airstrikes launched towards southern Damascus overnight threatened the safety of civilian airliners that were flying over Lebanese airspace at the time of the attack.

He said that Lebanon narrowly evaded “a catastrophe,” according to a statement carried by Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.

Fenianos called Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to “put him in the picture of what happened yesterday” during Israel’s airstrike, NNA said.

“Lebanon miraculously escaped a humanitarian disaster that was about to hit the passengers of two civilian planes in Lebanon’s airspace during the Israeli aggression against south Damascus that took place from Lebanese airspace,” Fenianos told Hariri according to the agency.

“They agreed that Lebanon will file an urgent complaint with the U.N. Security Council against Israel in order to reach a resolution that would protect Lebanon and its civilians,” NNA said.

A foreign ministry statement on Wednesday denounced Israel’s use of Lebanese airspace to launch attacks against “friendly countries,” in reference to Syria. It called on the UN and the international community to denounce the aggression.

Minister Gebran Bassil also issued instructions to Lebanon’s envoy to the UN to lodge a complaint against Israel at the Security Council, the statement said.

Moscow on Wednesday said Israeli airstrikes threatened two airliners that were preparing to land in Damascus and Beirut.

“The provocative actions of the Israeli air force.. directly threatened two airliners,” Russian foreign ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

Mr Konashenkov said Israel launched the raid at the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing to land in Damascus and Beirut, creating a “direct threat” to the aircraft.

He said the Syrian military didn’t fully engage its air defense assets to avoid accidentally hitting the passenger jets. He added that Syrian air traffic controllers redirected the Damascus-bound plane to the Russian air base in Hemeimeem.

Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missiles near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, local state media reported.

The official Syrian news agency SANA said air defences “intercepted hostile missiles launched by the Israeli warplanes” from over Lebanese territories, citing a military source.

It added that the majority of them were downed before reaching their targets near the capital Damascus. Three soldiers were injured and an ammunition depot damaged.

THE NATIONAL

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21 responses to “Lebanon to complain to Security Council after Israeli strike threatened civilian airliners”

  1. I bet the “complaint” was drafted by Her Excellency, Ambassador Dumbyad.

    1. Ambassador Dumbyad complains about everything and everyone – “Twitter wont do anything about this stalker”…

    2. There is no end to Dumbyad complaining, It must be a new record.

      Now Dumbyad is obsessed with Zionist conspiracies like the following quote;
      https://twitter.com/AbyadHind/status/1079571368570691584

      Hindler is using the social media without the knowledge that she will be quoted, and when she is quoted Dumbyad complains about everything and everyone as seen here https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/87f18c0ea2117d95998f83ee914e0934e26950cecb745775be5477bae3852a71.jpg
      Previously, she has transformed her Twitter account into personal, then only her approved like-minded Individuals could have access, others received the following message https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c8cfaa8b37004b297e1df6240ba842f3a4ba70bd2f167026b816214b7b032868.jpg
      https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9939a4206be7f6ad47417fe35c2d96ac3905ee4fc52172d0b2beda620af90f3c.jpg

      1. Hind Abyad Avatar

        -Hindler is using the social media without the knowledge that she will be quoted, and when she is quoted Dumbyad complains about everything and everyone as seen here-

        I did it on purpose ..poor nininana must be Gay

      2. Hind Abyad Avatar
        Hind Abyad

        Haha. nimamals say Im blocked..err..why look for me on twitter..twit…without the knowledge you will be quoted.
        Niemals copyright
        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/04f2ad6a8a8cacfb550697e9a055e5bca4e0042914bea7daf7324ee452400049.png

    3. Niemals Avatar

      Dumbyad still whines and complains
      https://twitter.com/AbyadHind/status/1080240327884193794 as well as continuing to associate me with this – https://twitter.com/niemals?visibility_check=true … pathetic ????

      1. Hind Abyad Avatar
        Hind Abyad

        Hind Abyad

        @AbyadHind –

        Niemals –
        Twitter wont do anything about my quoted posts of Hind Abyad, I don’t have an Twitter account, so Twitter can’t stop me quoting.-
        https://

        twitter.com/niemals?visibi https:/li lity_check=true

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      2. Hind Abyad Avatar
        Hind Abyad

        Realy pathetic goon.. explain why am blocked. Cretino

        (goon. 1. noun. a stupid or deliberately foolish person. US informal – a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation etc.. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/801875a5955ed61129abcbe6fcaad1f383f00ce4cfd0a5ee4f39915f2c2bae1b.png

    4. The Ambassador Dumbyad is occupied with Venezuelans dictator Maduro, now she is on the offensive against Jews – not Israel ???????? https://twitter.com/AbyadHind/status/1092517990694899713
      Dumbyad is disappointed because “Today, Canada decides to stand up for human rights in… *spins wheel* Venezuela: Neil Macdonald”, https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6354e08b729426efc182d72825be4809e55bc98b456f97e0e3165f5738997761.jpg and the Ottawa Declaration for Venezuela.
      “We re-iterate our support for the National Assembly and Interim President Juan Guaidó in their efforts towards a Constitutional and peaceful resolution of the current crisis through the holding of free and fair elections.”

  2. MaryTPresumptuous Avatar
    MaryTPresumptuous

    If only the Ambassador complained about the elephant in the room, but it appears that only Lebanese Christians and Sunni can show a backbone, honor, and fidelity without a puppeteering foreign overlord ..

    http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/television-and-radio/2018/12/28/Lebanese-singer-Elissa-criticizes-President-Aoun-Hezbollah-.html

    1. “.. she said adding that she believes the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad’s grip is still over Lebanon represented by its ally of both Hezbollah and President Aoun.”

      It refreshing when Lebanese confirm the reality in Lebanon without any fear. https://twitter.com/nocturnalOWL_N/status/1073195960199720961
      https://twitter.com/BarryRosen1/status/1072365822138638336
      Dumbyad complains about everything and everyone – “Twitter wont do anything about this stalker”…

      Twitter wont do anything about my quoted posts of Hind Abyad, I don’t have an Twitter account, so Twitter can’t stop me quoting.

      1. What does this sh*tty photograph of Arab men of indeterminate age sitting next to some shishas is even supposed to mean?

        1. Niemals Avatar

          Probably they are trying to emphasize that the old people dare to drink coffee in front of the Israeli soldiers.
          Talk about insubstantial Hezbollah propaganda.

          The following quote is better…. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f63d4251e1b49271bea3ad5ede5f2151260a166791a8a6a615a7610b40bed9be.jpg
          Imagine that the Iranian operative has gotten control of this “ethnically targeted” biological weapon, they wouldn’t any Arabs like KSSA as enemies anymore….

  3. MaImequer0 Avatar

    Happy New Year, sweetie! ☻☻☻

    1. My only wish for her in 2019 is to finally be reunited with her family in her home village. This suffering at the hands of Rothschild-bankrolled Zionist welfare services in Montreal has to stop! 🙂

  4. Hind Abyad Avatar
    Hind Abyad

    Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November 2002, pages 20-21
    Special Report

    Israel Created Two of Its Own Worst Enemies—Hamas and Hezbollah
    https://www.wrmea.org/002-november/israel-created-two-of-its-own-worst-enemies-hamas-and-hezbollah.html#disqus_thread

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