...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
said Thursday that distancing Leb from the Syrian crisis comes through the immediate end to interference in all of the neighboring country's internal affairs.
In a statement issued by Baabda Palace, Suleiman held onto the official policy of dissociation from the Syrian war.
"This is done through an immediate stop to meddling in all of Syria's internal affairs and mainly the fighting there no matter what the justification is," he said.
The president was mainly referring to Hizbullah. The party has sent members to Syria to fight alongside troops loyal to
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
against rebels seeking to topple him.
Sunni fighters generally from northern Leb have also went to the neighboring country to help the rebels.
Suleiman called for a political solution that would bring back stability and security to Syria and help the return of the refugees back home.