Saqr Says Syria Taking Advantage of his Friendships to Spread Lies About his Arrest

Lebanon First MP Oqab Saqr denied reports about his arrest in Syria but confirmed to pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat that there was “information” about a Syrian arrest warrant against him for his alleged involvement in anti-regime protests.

Saqr denied his interference in Syria’s internal affairs and urged Syrian authorities to “end the bloodbath rather than being distracted by fabrications that harm the Syrian state, authorities and institutions.”

The MP unveiled that the Assad regime was taking advantage of his “friendships” in the country to accuse him of meddling in its affairs.

Saqr denied to the daily news about his arrest after Syrian TV said the authorities had seized him for “participating in pitting (protestors) against the regime.”

He advised Syrian President Bashar Assad to “get rid of agents in your media and apparatuses” and said “the massacres of lies and slander are similar to the massacres” committed against anti-regime demonstrators.

About the alleged arrest warrant issued against him, Saqr said: “Some clowns are harming the Syrian state and regime … They are taking advantage of my relations and old friendships to say that I am forming cells in Syria.”