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| Hezbollah offensive in Qalamoun protects Assad, not Lebanon: Hariri |
| 2015-05-06 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. attacked Hezbollah Tuesday over its preparations for an anticipated large-scale battle in Syria's Qalamoun region against Nusra-led rebels, saying the fight is meant to protect the Syrian government, and not Leb. "Media channels and some leaders in Leb have been ringing the bells for the Qalamoun hills battle, while the Syrian regime is silent," Hariri said in a statement released by his media office. "It is as if someone is trying to say that the anticipated battle is a Lebanese one on Syrian land, always under the pretext of a preemptive war on terrorist groups." Hariri said Hezbollah was "using the Lebanese borders" to wage a war that "only serves to protect the western wing of [President] Bashir al-Assad in light of the regime's recent military defeats in many Syrian areas." In a series of questions directed to Hezbollah, Hariri wondered what the battle would have in repercussions on Leb. |
| Posted by:Fred |