Sabra: Lebanese Govt. Must Prevent Hizbullah from Fighting in Syria
Interim head of the opposition Syrian National Council George Sabra accused the Syrian regime of attempting drag Lebanon into the conflict in his country and by involving Hizbullah in the crisis, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper Saturday.
He told the daily: “The Lebanese government must assume its responsibilities and prevent Hizbullah from fighting in Syria and meddling with the fate of the Syrian and Lebanese people for the sake of regime that will inevitably collapse.”
“Hizbullah has awakened a sectarian monster that it will not know how to put to rest again,” he lamented.
“The resistance's glory was lost when it directed its arms against Beirut on May 7, 2008 and its weapons turned into shame when they were used in the streets of Damascus and al-Qusayr,” he added.
“The party is now preparing to battle for Aleppo, but Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah should heed our warning and avert strife he will regret for the rest of his life,” Sabra warned.
“We have great affection towards the Lebanese people and we have true allies who are loyal to the Syrian revolt, such as the Mustaqbal Movement, Lebanese Forces, the Democratic Left Movement, the March 14 alliance, and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, whose position we understand,” he noted.
Hizbullah fighters spearheaded a devastating 17-day regime assault on the Syrian town of Qusayr near the Lebanese border which culminated on June 5 with its recapture from the rebels.
Nasrallah had previously justified the group's involvement in Syria by saying they were defending Lebanese-inhabited border villages inside Syria and Shiite holy sites in the Damascus province.
But during a May 25 speech marking the 13th anniversary of Israel's military withdrawal from Lebanon, Nasrallah said "if Syria falls in the hands of the Takfiris and the United States, the resistance will become under a siege and Israel will enter Lebanon. If Syria falls, the Palestinian cause will be lost.”
Nasrallah had declared during a speech on Friday that the party will stay involved in the conflict, after having helped Syrian regime forces recapture the key town of Qusayr from rebels.
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