March 14: Complaint Must Be Filed at U.N. over Syria's Violations against Lebanon

The March 14 General Secretariat accused on Wednesday the Syrian regime of seeking to create strife and unrest in Lebanon, the most recent of these attempts were the attacks against the Dar al-Fatwa clerics in Beirut on Sunday.

It demanded in a statement after its weekly meeting that a “complaint be filed at the United Nations Security Council to protest the Syrian regime's ongoing violations of Lebanon's sovereignty, especially after its jets shelled Lebanese territory.”

“The attack is a clear violation of Lebanon's sovereignty, Arab League treaties, and international resolutions, especially resolution 1559,” it added.

Syrian warplanes hit on Monday targets along Syria's border with Lebanon.

The National News Agency said the attack targeted a remote area near the northeastern town of Arsal.

Mortar and artillery shells from the Syrian side often explode in Lebanon.

Given these latest developments, the March 14 General Secretariat praised President Michel Suleiman's positions and his order to Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour “to take the necessary diplomatic measures, which entail the summoning of the Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali, to make the Syrian regime answer to its acts.”

It therefore reiterated its demand that the Lebanese army deploy along the Lebanese-Syrian border, with support from the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1701.

Moreover, it said: “The assault against the Dar al-Fatwa clerics is an attack against the authority of the state and the safety of its people.”

The case should be referred to the judicial council, it demanded.

Furthermore, the March 14 General Secretariat urged the state to perform its duties in putting an end to such “suspicious practices.”

Two sheikhs were assaulted on Sunday in Beirut's Khandaq al-Ghamiq area, while another two were attacked in its Shiyyah neighborhood.

The assault led to road closures in Beirut and other cities for on Sunday and Monday.

Protesters blocked the roads with garbage bins and burning tires, inflaming old tensions already boiling over the conflict in Syria.

Seven people have so far been arrested over links to the attack and investigations are ongoing to uncover their accomplices.