Report: March 14 Memo Rejects 'Shame' Caused by Hizbullah Role in Syria
The March 14 alliance's leaders are expected to approve a memo informing the Arab world and the international community that the majority of the Lebanese disapprove Hizbullah's involvement in the war in Syria, An Nahar daily reported on Saturday.
The newspaper said that the coalition's officials are set to hold a meeting next week to study the repercussions of the role that Hizbullah fighters are playing in Syria.
They are also set to approve a memo that the alliance intends to send to President Michel Suleiman and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, An Nahar said.
The document addresses the Arab countries and the international community, saying “the majority of Lebanese call for swiping the shame that Lebanon has been tainted with over Hizbullah's involvement in Syria,” it said.
The memo also criticizes caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour, saying he neither represents Lebanon nor the foreign ministry. It accuses him of being a Hizbullah complicit.
Hizbullah's intervention in Syria and its major role in taking over the Syrian town of al-Qusayr by government troops threatens to bring that country's conflict even further into Lebanon, where rebels have vowed to retaliate with attacks on the Shiite group's home turf.
It has also enraged Sunnis in Lebanon and led to street fighting between rival neighborhoods in the northern city of Tripoli.
Mansour has on several occasions defended Hizbullah. On Tuesday, he rejected attempts to label it a terrorist organization a few days after Gulf states warned that they could take measures against Hizbullah in the near future.
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