[An Nahar] Hizbullah and Syria have refused to respond to remarks made by U.S. assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffery Feltman, pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat said Wednesday."We got nuttin' to say to youse!"
Feltman said Syria should pressure Iran and Hizbullah to curb their activity in Leb if it wanted to rebuild its relations with Washington.
Face it, they want to get their colony back more than they want to improve relations with Washington.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat said several Hizbullah officials contacted by the newspaper refused to comment on Feltman's remarks. It said Syria, too, declined to issue an official response. Well-informed Syrian sources, however, told Asharq al-Awsat that Damascus prefers not to respond so that "things would not go too far."