Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's regime.
George Sabra, acting head of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that Syria was under occupation from foreign troops and urged the international community to act now or risk the Syrian conflict spreading to other parts of the Middle East.
"The intervention of Hizbullah starts to transfer the problem into a sectarian conflict, a sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites," he said. "The problem will (spread) all over the Middle East, to Leb, to Turkey, to Iraq, to Jordan and maybe to the Gulf."
He said that Hizbullah fighters, who back Assad's regime, are now "all over the country," including in Aleppo and Damascus. His claims could not be independently verified.
"If our country (is) under occupation of foreign troops of Hizbullah and Iran, nobody can talk about peaceful initiative," he said. "The problem is not between the Syrian people and the regime; it is between the Syrian people and invasion of Hizbullah and Iran."