Khaddam: Lebanon Can Only be Liberated when Assad’s Regime Collapses
Syria’s former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam has said that Lebanon would be liberated from Iran if Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime falls.
In remarks to An Nahar daily on the sidelines of a meeting in support of the Syrian revolution held in Paris, Khaddam said: “The Lebanese should be aware that Syria’s fate is linked to the fate of Lebanon.”
“If this regime falls, then Lebanon would be liberated” from Iranian control, he said. “If the Syrian regime stays, occupation will continue to strangle the Lebanese.”
Khaddam told the newspaper that Lebanon has no state as long as Hizbullah is in power.
Asked about the repercussions of a possible civil war in Syria on Lebanon, he said: “There won’t be any civil war in Syria.”
“There could only take place an armed struggle with the regime but not civil war,” Khaddam stressed.
The crisis in Syria has burned since mid-March despite widespread condemnation and international sanctions.
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