Saudi envoy warns against transfer of Syria conflict to Lebanon

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saudi ambassador assiriSaudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Assiri warned Lebanon against involvement in the troubles of its neighbor Syria.

In an interview published by Al-Hayat newspaper on Wednesday, Assiri said that “not abiding by the policy of disassociation voiced by the Lebanese government regarding the Syrian events was likely to transfer the war from Syria to Lebanon.”

“The Syrian regime might spread chaos in several areas across Lebanon to divert attention from what is happening in Syria,” Asiri said

He also underscored his country’s determination to support Lebanon to implement its disassociation policy and remain neutral in the face of the increasing instability in Syria.

Asked about the tourism season in Lebanon, the Saudi envoy said that it is linked to the security situation and stability in the country.

“The developments in Syria have a negative impact on Lebanon,” Asiri stressed.

Free Syrian Army ( FSA) leader Gen. Salim Idriss gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby, and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to get Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters from Syria, Voice of Lebanon Radio reported on Tuesday.

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday vowed that his party and the Syrian regime would emerge victorious in the fighting in Syria.

At least 79 members of Hezbollah have been killed fighting alongside the Syrian army in the town of Qusayr since last week, a watchdog said on Monday.

“The number of Lebanese Hezbollah fighters killed in recent months in the outskirts of Damascus and Homs has risen to 141,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.

The Lebanese parties are sharply divided over the crisis in Syria as the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance continuously expresses its support to Syrian president Bashar Assad, while the March 14 camp voices its support for the popular revolt.

The Syria conflict flared when forces loyal to Assad launched a brutal crackdown on Arab Spring-inspired democracy protests that erupted in March 2011.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based watchdog, says more than 80,000 people have since been killed, with numerous incidents of mass killings and other atrocities.

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24 responses to “Saudi envoy warns against transfer of Syria conflict to Lebanon”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    I wish you guys stay out of it as well instead of sending your stooges to cause trouble… You sold out the nation and your souls long time ago and you still dress like medieval Arabia… Backward sand monkeys.
    What have you done with your wealth other than suppress progress and pretend to be the owners of a faith that causes chaos, death and destruction all over the globe. Look at Bill Gates… ONE MAN with a fraction of the money you have and he donates most of it to vaccinating the African continent… I wonder who would taste heaven? Your Moslem monkey face or his atheist golden heart? Let us ponder what the good GOD will do… I wager on the latter.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      We see that no matter which ‘group’ creates problems in the country, it is always a ‘warning’ to ‘Lebanon’ that hits the headlines. The whole country is plastered by the fact it can’t present a united front to the world, and the sorry efforts of the ‘least’ affect the ‘most’ in world-public opinion.
      This is not uncommon in ‘news reporting’ … but nevertheless, when it goes on and on for many years, it becomes ‘fact’. And this is the sadness of Lebanon – which has been largely infiltrated by many different and VERY diverse peoples, who cannot get an act together (not allowed to) while the Lebanese are forced to emmigrate to survive in other places.
      For sure, the Saudi Summer Playground is in trouble.

    2. man-o-war Avatar
      man-o-war

      I wish the Syria conflict would transfer to Saudia Arabia. Its their turn to taste the Arab spring. I wonder if the world would be supportive of over throwing that dictatorship?

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Man-0 … Again I say … Saudi Arabia is a Family Business. Ancient Tribe.
        Totally different than a ‘country’.
        They hire people to work for them … and people can leave if they wish to … if they made enough to pay the airport tax. 😉 You must assume most there want to be under the ‘home rules’. They have their ‘springs’ when they holiday in other countries. :-))

        1. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Its recognized as country by the rest of the world. Why? I understand politically its run like a family business, but then again thats politics in the Arab world. Maybe the mistreatment of the low level laborers and minorities will come to a boil and burn the monarchy. One can only dream and hope!

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            There IS a change going on … maybe they can accomplish it without all the rioting and killing that Syria (and others) experiences. Takes a while to change a whole society … even a family.
            Follow this one on BBC … seems a ‘conservative Twit’ made a bad tweet 🙂
            ‘Saudis on social networks have called for legal action against a writer and cleric who urged his Twitter followers to harass women cashiers.
            Abdullah Mohamed al-Dawood, who has almost 100,000 Twitter followers, used an Arabic hashtag on Sunday which read: “sexually harass female cashiers”.
            He advocated harassment as a way of discouraging women from working.’

            Needless to say, a number of working women were not impressed. They tweeted back … ‘F U’. :-)))

          2. Patience2 Avatar
            Patience2

            Just shows that women in the Saudi world can still think — mostly, they are not brainwashed in Madrassas for a large part of their early life. They should think of themselves as lucky in this regard!

      2. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        As long as the oil is flowing they will be golden… I just wish the people wake up but how can you wake up a people with a culture that dates back to the dark ages?

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Ya Hannibal … good we have Education in Lebanon … 😉
          Oh … well ….. (and 20 yrs? a little excessive there too ,,,)

          BEIRUT: A school director and employees at the Education Ministry were among a group of people charged with forging secondary education certificates, the state-run NNA reported Tuesday.
          Beirut Investigative Magistrate in Beirut Fadi Oneissi issued an indictment against several students who failed their secondary-school exams, a school director, brokers and Education Ministry employees for forging certificates and selling them at prices as high as $4,000.
          A total of 26 parties were accused.
          Two of them were issued warrants in absentia. Others were referred to the judiciary and charged with the legal expenses of the case. Oneissi asked that penalties include jail time of up to 20 years.

        2. Patience2 Avatar
          Patience2

          Almost exactly 1400 years.

  2. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    I wish you guys stay out of it as well instead of sending your stooges to cause trouble… You sold out the nation and your souls long time ago and you still dress like medieval Arabia… Backward sand monkeys.
    What have you done with your wealth other than suppress progress and pretend to be the owners of a faith that causes chaos, death and destruction all over the globe. Look at Bill Gates… ONE MAN with a fraction of the money you have and he donates most of it to vaccinating the African continent… I wonder who would taste heaven? Your Moslem monkey face or his atheist golden heart? Let us ponder what the good GOD will do… I wager on the latter.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      We see that no matter which ‘group’ creates problems in the country, it is always a ‘warning’ to ‘Lebanon’ that hits the headlines. The whole country is plastered by the fact it can’t present a united front to the world, and the sorry efforts of the ‘least’ affect the ‘most’ in world-public opinion.
      This is not uncommon in ‘news reporting’ … but nevertheless, when it goes on and on for many years, it becomes ‘fact’. And this is the sadness of Lebanon – which has been largely infiltrated by many different and VERY diverse peoples, who cannot get an act together (not allowed to) while the Lebanese are forced to emmigrate to survive in other places.
      For sure, the Saudi Summer Playground is in trouble.

    2. man-o-war Avatar
      man-o-war

      I wish the Syria conflict would transfer to Saudia Arabia. Its their turn to taste the Arab spring. I wonder if the world would be supportive of over throwing that dictatorship?

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Man-0 … Again I say … Saudi Arabia is a Family Business.
        Totally different than a ‘country’.
        They hire people to work for them … and people can leave if they wish to … if they made enough to pay the airport tax. 😉 You must assume most there want to be under the ‘home rules’. They have their ‘springs’ when they holiday in other countries. :-))

        1. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Its recognized as country by the rest of the world. Why? I understand politically its run like a family business, but then again thats politics in the Arab world. Maybe the mistreatment of the low level laborers and minorities will come to a boil and burn the monarchy. One can only dream and hope!

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            There IS a change going on … maybe they can accomplish it without all the rioting and killing that Syria (and others) experiences. Takes a while to change a whole society ….
            Follow this one on BBC … seems a ‘conservative Twit’ made a bad tweet 🙂
            ‘Saudis on social networks have called for legal action against a writer and cleric who urged his Twitter followers to harass women cashiers.
            Abdullah Mohamed al-Dawood, who has almost 100,000 Twitter followers, used an Arabic hashtag on Sunday which read: “sexually harass female cashiers”.
            He advocated harassment as a way of discouraging women from working.’

            Needless to say, a number of working women were not impressed. :-)))

          2. Patience2 Avatar
            Patience2

            Just shows that women in the Saudi world can still think — mostly, they are not brainwashed in Madrassas for a large part of their early life. They should think of themselves as lucky in this regard!

      2. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        As long as the oil is flowing they will be golden… I just wish the people wake up but how can you wake up a people with a culture that dates back to the dark ages?

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Ya Hannibal … good we have Education in Lebanon … 😉
          Oh … well ….. (and 20 yrs? a little excessive there too ,,,)

          BEIRUT: A school director and employees at the Education Ministry were among a group of people charged with forging secondary education certificates, the state-run NNA reported Tuesday.
          Beirut Investigative Magistrate in Beirut Fadi Oneissi issued an indictment against several students who failed their secondary-school exams, a school director, brokers and Education Ministry employees for forging certificates and selling them at prices as high as $4,000.
          A total of 26 parties were accused.
          Two of them were issued warrants in absentia. Others were referred to the judiciary and charged with the legal expenses of the case. Oneissi asked that penalties include jail time of up to 20 years.

        2. Patience2 Avatar
          Patience2

          Almost exactly 1400 years.

  3. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    And all these Hesboobs killed like the poop they are will surely be turned into Islamic martyrs! What a pity.

  4. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    And all these Hesboobs killed like the poop they are will surely be turned into Islamic martyrs! What a pity.

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Considering today’s report by the World Health Organization, it might be a good thing Saudi’s are staying away in droves. The recent ‘coronavirus’ is worst there … no-one knows what it is or what causes it … and Lebanon has enough problems with War-related diseases in refugee gatherings.

  6. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Considering today’s report by the World Health Organization, it might be a good thing Saudi’s are staying away in droves. The recent ‘coronavirus’ is worst there … no-one knows what it is or what causes it … and Lebanon has enough problems with War-related diseases in refugee gatherings.

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