Report: Saudi to Propose U.N. Resolution Condemning Foreign Fighters in Syria, 'Especially Hizbullah'
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Saudi Arabia intends to propose a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning the presence of foreign fighters in Syria, especially those dispatched by Hizbullah, a media report said on Friday.
According to a copy of the draft resolution obtained by Sky News Arabia, the text condemns “the intervention of all fighters in Syria, including those fighting to support the Syrian regime and especially Hizbullah's intervention.”
The resolution voices support for “the Syrian people's aspirations for a peaceful and democratic society” and calls for forming a transitional government enjoying full powers.
It also calls for holding accountable those behind the August chemical attack near Damascus.
On Friday, Riyadh rejected membership of the U.N. Security Council, a day after it was elected to the body, accusing it of "double-standards" in resolving world conflicts, namely Syria.
The Saudi foreign ministry statement pointed specifically to the nearly three-year civil war in Syria and the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as key reasons to decline a council seat.
"Failing to find a solution to the Palestinian cause for 65 years" it said, has led to "numerous wars that have threatened world peace."
Likewise, it said, "allowing the regime in Syria to kill its own people with chemical weapons... without confronting it or imposing any deterrent sanctions... is a proof of the inability of the Security Council to carry out its duties and assume its responsibilities."
The ministry also criticised the body's "failure" to turn the Middle East into a region free from weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear arms -- in a reference to Iran and Israel.
Saudi Arabia is a staunch backer of the rebellion against the Iranian-backed regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Hizbullah -- which has always presented itself as Lebanon's first line of defense against Israel -- has come under intense criticism for its decision to enter the Syrian civil war on behalf of the Assad regime.
It has said it joined the battle to protect Lebanon from extreme Islamists among the ranks of the Syrian rebels.
Syria has long been a key part of the supply line between Iran and Hizbullah.
The Syrian civil war has also drawn in Sunni fighters from across the Muslim world and beyond since it flared in March 2011.
18 October 2013, 16:29
95
God bless Lebanon's allies 4 their wisdom.
Declaring all foreign fighters terrorists is an important step.
18 October 2013, 17:04
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First of all the KSA is not an ally of Lebanon. The KSA merely toy with Lebanon as a cat does with a mouse. They treat Lebanon as a tyrant treats a servant.
If all foreign fighters are terrorists then the KSA is guilty of sponsoring terrorism not just in Syria bit all over the middle east, the Caucasus, Pakistan, Afghanistan and around the world.
19 October 2013, 01:46
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¡March 8 terroristas would need a visa 1st. Not sure my embassy would grant them 1!
18 October 2013, 16:39
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KSA is just starting to show its teeth and it is going up in crescendo. already Russia is weary of the KSA refusing to take the seat at the security council over the non resolution of the Palestinian issue and the inaction the Syrian regime use of chemical weapons.
the US and Russia are going to find out soon they cannot keep doing what they are doing.
18 October 2013, 16:59
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@ geha ~ "KSA is just starting to show its teeth ..."
And the teeth of the KSA are dripping with the blood of innocent Muslims and Christians as they fight their "holy war" for Wahhabism ...
The hypocrisy of the KSA is beyond description at this point. The other nations of the world must be muttering under their breath at their arrogance.
18 October 2013, 18:21
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mckinl
you are even funnier than your friend ft :)
please continue: you both make me laugh.
the only arrogance here is that of hizbushaitan and iran, and that will end badly for them. your masters are the only ones constantly threatening other and killing, murdering, stealing, dealing with narcotics, bombing, and so on.
so please keep making us laugh :)
18 October 2013, 18:18
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Ft
I will stay in Lebann, but you can stay in iran as this is the only place you like :)
18 October 2013, 16:49
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LOL !!!!!!!
The KSA condemning foreign fighters in Syria while they send tens of thousands of jihadists there !!!
Is the KSA that arrogant that they can hope to hide their crimes behind falsehoods, fabrications and obvious lies ???
18 October 2013, 18:35
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He'll kneel and beg 4 4giveness like he did w/ the giraff. Wat a puppet the caporal.
18 October 2013, 18:42
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un resolution condemming foreign fighters all foreign fighters including HA
and most important thing the same resolution should condem countries who are interfering with their billions that buys arms and terrorists and foreign intervention
19 October 2013, 00:55
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saudia Arabia now is just trying to have any sort of moral victory for themselves since there plan to back wahabi extremist rebels in Syria did not work, then planning to force a western attack did not work. so now they will make this resolution and say that they won sometning..well they can go right ahaead I highly doubt hizbullah in particular cares about anything that they do...because I guarantee you this if hizbullah was fighting against bashar they would be praising them night and day just like they praise the al Qaeda rebels who cut out the hearts of men and eat them
19 October 2013, 01:22
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So the Saudis want to condemn themselves now! If anything, they should blame the Qataris, the Turks and themselves for messing up another cause. They are better off hanging themselves in honor, but they have none!
19 October 2013, 01:52
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funny Saudis they start talking to the international community after they figure out that their billions of dollars spent on unprofessional morons in Syria had been spent for nothing because Hizbullah and the SYrian army is destroying them big time
19 October 2013, 03:14
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KSA, you may take this position only because H.A. is openly fighting in Syria, and unfortunately it is very difficult for the the rest of us to link your money and support with clear and convincing evidence to the real terror organizations.
19 October 2013, 03:53
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Saudi Arabia is nothing but a nest and source of the most purest evil & filth this planet has to offer. Hizbollah defends true values and morals particularly those which are Lebanese and fights our enemies which are the Zionists. What is Saudi Arabia doing? What have they done for the Lebanese and the Palestinians? What have they done in relation to occupied Palestine and the Palestinians? What have they done other than endorse fundamentalism and Islamism? Nothing...you need only look at their nation to see for yourself what they have to offer others. A desert kingdom which doesn't even allow women to drive...say no more.
