Assad, Hezbollah chief discuss STL funding in Damascus

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Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met in Damascus about ten days ago , Al Akhbar newspaper reported in remarks published on Thursday.

Al Akhbar which is closely associated with Hezbollah and Syria reported that the two leaders discussed the developments in the region including the issue of funding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) probing the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.

According to the daily the two leaders differed on the issue of STL funding. While Assad had no objection against funding the UN court , out of concern that the issue could lead to the collapse of the government , Nasrallah was dead against funding the tribunal

The daily stressed that unlike Nasrallah , Assad showed flexibility in this regard . Assad reportedly told Nasrallah at the end of the meeting ” I leave the final decision up to you and your allies since I consider this an internal Lebanese issue ”

Hezbollah toppled the previous government headed by Saad Hariri over its refusal to cut ties with the tribunal, set up in the aftermath of the 2005 assassination of Saad Hariri’s father, Rafik Hariri.

The tribunal has indicted four Hezbollah operatives for the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others in Beirut.

But the Shiite party and its allies, which dominate the new government, have dismissed the court as part of a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy and have vowed to block any efforts by the Lebanese government to contribute its share to the tribunal’s funding.

Beirut has yet to pay what it owes for the year 2011 and in 2010 transferred the funds without government approval.

Hariri’s killing plunged Lebanon into a series of political crisis that brought the country close to civil war in 2008.

Lebanon Files ( Arabic)

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16 responses to “Assad, Hezbollah chief discuss STL funding in Damascus”

  1. master09 Avatar

    Tthey met in Damascus, I thought he was in a dark hole.
    Where are the road side bombers when you need them.

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    Tthey met in Damascus, I thought he was in a dark hole.
    Where are the road side bombers when you need them.

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar

    In other words …. ‘Screw off – I have enough of my own problems, idiot.’

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    In other words …. ‘Screw off – I have enough of my own problems, idiot.’

  5. ” I leave the final decision up to you and your allies since I consider this an internal Lebanese issue ”. Oh thank you very much!!. What a nice guy!. By the way, shouldn’t the Lebanese president and the senators decide what should be done in Lebanon. Why are Nasrallah and Assad discussing this???. Can you imagine if someone important in the U.S goes to Canada and “They” discuss and decide what the U.S should do? Not Obama and the senate. Will this ever change in Lebanon? When will Lebanon start deciding for itself?. I’m guessing maybe when the Lebanese people stop worshiping those idiot politicians…….

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    ” I leave the final decision up to you and your allies since I consider this an internal Lebanese issue ”. Oh thank you very much!!. What a nice guy!. By the way, shouldn’t the Lebanese president and the senators decide what should be done in Lebanon. Why are Nasrallah and Assad discussing this???. Can you imagine if someone important in the U.S goes to Canada and “They” discuss and decide what the U.S should do? Not Obama and the senate. Will this ever change in Lebanon? When will Lebanon start deciding for itself?. I’m guessing maybe when the Lebanese people stop worshiping those idiot politicians…….

    1. greetings mazen and nice to see you back friend, many of us share the same feelings to the lack of normalcy in policies and procedures of lebanon.you are right that no other country would be ok with this twisted syrian blessing permit protocol on lebanese decisions, but i suppose if you are on small boat and the anchor disconects you would drift slowely untill you realize you are so far away from where you want to be untill the damage is done or irreversable.

    2. greetings mazen and nice to see you back friend, many of us share the same feelings to the lack of normalcy in policies and procedures of lebanon.you are right that no other country would be ok with this twisted syrian blessing permit protocol on lebanese decisions, but i suppose if you are on small boat and the anchor disconects you would drift slowely untill you realize you are so far away from where you want to be untill the damage is done or irreversable.

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      Besides … after a few Canadians went down there one night and burned the White House, the US decided being friendly was a better idea. Hhahahahhaaa

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      Besides … after a few Canadians went down there one night and burned the White House, the US decided being friendly was a better idea. Hhahahahhaaa

  7. 5thDrawer Avatar

    In this picture, we have proof that neither a skinny head nor a fat head can make any difference in brain size – or the lack of it.

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    In this picture, we have proof that neither a skinny head nor a fat head can make any difference in brain size – or the lack of it.

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