March 14 Calls for Lebanese Complaint to Security Council over Syrian Violations
The March 14 general-secretariat urged the Lebanese government on Wednesday to file a complaint with the Arab League and the U.N. Security Council against Damascus for violating Lebanese sovereignty.
“Given the deteriorating situation in Lebanon, which warns of severe consequences, the March 14 forces ask the Lebanese government to file a complaint with the Arab League and the Security Council against the Syrian government for violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and stability,” the alliance’s general secretariat said following its weekly meeting.
It urged the government to issue clear orders to the Lebanese army and the Internal Security Forces to intervene to set all the kidnapped Syrians and Turkish nationals free and pursue the abductors “no matter what parties provide them with the moral or financial support.”
The secretariat also called for expelling the Syrian ambassador from Lebanon “after the embassy became a center of management of kidnapping and bombing operations.”
The coalition justified its requests by saying that Lebanon witnessed a series of dangerous incidents since April 2012, when the Syrian regime began crumbling.
The incidents included the assassination attempt against Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, road closures and clashes in Akkar and Tripoli, Syrian violations along the border, the attempted murder of MP Butros Harb and finally the attempt to ignite strife by handing former Minister Michel Samaha explosives to carry out bombing attacks in the country.
The kidnapping of Syrians and Turkish nationals and threats against Arabs were also part of a clear Syrian-Iranian plan to blow up the situation in Lebanon through Lebanese tools, the general-secretariat said.
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