Suleiman Calls for Immediate Stop to Interference in Syria's Affairs
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
President Michel Suleiman said Thursday that distancing Lebanon from the Syrian crisis comes through the immediate end to interference in all of the neighboring country's internal affairs.
In a statement issued by Baabda Palace, Suleiman held onto the official policy of dissociation from the Syrian war.
“This is done through an immediate stop to meddling in all of Syria's internal affairs and mainly the fighting there no matter what the justification is,” he said.
The president was mainly referring to Hizbullah. The party has sent members to Syria to fight alongside troops loyal to President Bashar Assad against rebels seeking to topple him.
Sunni fighters generally from northern Lebanon have also went to the neighboring country to help the rebels.
Suleiman called for a political solution that would bring back stability and security to Syria and help the return of the refugees back home.
The president hoped for the success of the Geneva II peace talks to end the Syrian crisis.
The U.N.-sponsored conference -- the biggest diplomatic effort yet to resolve Syria's devastating civil war -- opened in the Swiss town of Montreux on Wednesday with heated disagreements among the two sides and world powers.
23 January 2014, 14:50
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This is obviously a response to Mansour's rebellious and unauthorized speech at Geneva.
23 January 2014, 17:05
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flamethrower; instead of just being negative, why don't you tell us who the president was referring to when he says "President Michel Suleiman said Thursday that distancing Lebanon from the Syrian crisis comes through the immediate end to interference in all of the neighboring country's internal affairs."
Please, tell us ....
23 January 2014, 17:49
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The president is a KSA/takfiri/zionist. That's according to FT, mowaten and southern's sick mentalities
23 January 2014, 21:11
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BSTHrower put a lid on it...seriously your BS comments are as old as your grandmas soiled panties!
23 January 2014, 22:35
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@sagh: The rules of the forum prohibit communication with fake users who have been "suspended" and are not "legit".
23 January 2014, 14:54
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you are talking to deaf ears Mr. President. unless the order finally comes from iran, they will stay there.
but .... wait..... yes Mr. President the order is coming. it seems iran has to abide by some agreement.... :)
there is light at the end of the tunnel.
23 January 2014, 15:17
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Allah y7meek my president, one of the greatest presidents we have ever had.
23 January 2014, 15:22
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God Bless President Suleiman for laying down the rule of law. By calling upon the harriri-Geagea blue takfiris not to meddle in syrian affairs he clearly strengthens the noble and just cause of our Islamic Secular Shia Only Resistance aka HA (Hussain Army). The President understands the resistance is the only legitimate and constitutionally enabled entity that is capable of defending the lebanese and the minorities in the levant. May the Lord Bless Sayyed Hassan for his brave and bold decisions. Under the combined leadership of Sayyed and Prince Talal Arslan, our petite nation is witnessing an unprecedented increase in Takfiri tourism from every corner of planet earth. Karbalaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
23 January 2014, 21:50
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Thanks everyone for the nice welcome! Glad to be back with you again:)
23 January 2014, 15:38
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So nice you made it back R-FT) It was gloomy here without you:(
23 January 2014, 16:22
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Flamethrower's nightmare has just materialized! Welcome back man:))))))
23 January 2014, 15:49
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MR President Allah men3endo ye7mik weyawwik wra2es 3alebnen ba2ek mesh lamara we7di marra x2 =12 sene liyabka lobnan enta lamal wel wa3ed ya shahem ya batal saydet 3amshit wbeshwet yo7orsok tato7ros lwatan lianno ktir bi7aji la amselak watanna lghali wba3ed 3omer tawil tsalem la salafak Dr samir geagea lwafi la lwatan alla y7mi .
23 January 2014, 16:41
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Why you so provocative, so angry all the time, so confrontational, so bitter, so looking for a fight? why? why? Have some compassion.....
23 January 2014, 18:13
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Mr president
not even 1 world about takfiris and jihadists and terrorists,....
23 January 2014, 18:26
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The President is doing and saying the right things. We support you as you move ahead.
23 January 2014, 19:37
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I support the President's talk track. I think it is fair and accurate. I feel that Naharnet should have not drawn a conclusion on this one. The President was referring to HA, but not exclusively HA. He was referring to everyone in the spirit of being neutral. Although I think everyone would agree as far as Lebanese in Syria, HA has the largest contingency, there are other sects/parties there, like Assir's people/takfiri/fidiyeen. We do need an immediate buildup of our military. I agree we should call in some favors and get some resources for our army.
23 January 2014, 20:54
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It seems that the band wagon of those who love to criticize the president no matter what he says or do will never relent. OK, fine, meshel 7al, but as the body count of innocent victims starts to mount, when the death toll of people who have nothing to do with this utterly crazy war in Syria begins to reach as crazy proportions, would people start listening to those voices of reason, voices that simply had the decency to warn. Warn yes, heard surely not, but those who still feel that guns speak a wiser language. Time will tell, soon.
23 January 2014, 23:57
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Legit, thanks for a good post as always from you, but being a centrist is never simple. The president is a centrist, but when he sinks his teeth into issues he believes firmly in, he gets into negative ground with whom it concerns. I am a centrist in my views, and I know the feeling. Cheers bro.
23 January 2014, 21:03
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useless call... hezbollah do not obey the state of Lebanon...
23 January 2014, 21:42
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druze would 100% be with us. also the only christian participants in such a fight would be LF'ers (small to mid size militia, however not armed) since FPM support base are not 7arbi types.
this is all moot, though. because there is not going to happen anything in lebanon. it is an HA/Aouni propaganda. There is no sunni militia ready and armed to fight HA nor is there any desire in the sunni street to create such a thing.
23 January 2014, 21:52
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I don't get it? OK for argument sake, I am willing to say and admit that H.A. fighters bravely fought, defended and died for a good cause in Syria. At some point enough is enough. So why doesn't Iran send her own fighters to Syria and give H.A. a break? I'm pretty sure that Iran has an army. If you guys are sharing and mutually benefiting, share the burdens with the benefits. One may say: "the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to sit idle and do nothing". So Iran, if you are the good guys, don't sit idle. Go to Syria and fight these jihadist, Islamist or whatever filth they associate with fighters.
23 January 2014, 23:18
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OK, they are the same filth. Lets bring H.A. fighters back to Lebanon to resist the Zionist enemy that we were told their creation exists today to resist. Not to be the pawn in the proxy war between Sunni and Shiite. Don't bring the Sunni vs. Shiite battle into Lebanon.
