Al Watan newspaper of Kuwait has disclosed that president Bashar al Assad considers Lebanon a Syrian territory but run by rebels that threaten the Syrian regime. Diplomatic sources to Al Watan that Assad considers the Lebanese majority rebels that took away part of Syria. This separation according to Assad threatens the existence of the Syrian regime and this is why he is intent on punishing the majority through his support to the opposition.
Diplomatic sources said that the United States, its Arab and Europeans allies firmly reject the attempts by President Assad to deal with Lebanon as a Syrian territory that was separated by rebellion from the Syrian motherland.
The sources said that Assad deliberately thwarted until now the Arab and international mediators because they treat Lebanon as an independent, sovereign and a free nation. |