Lebanese politicians continue to weigh in on Syria crisis September 03, 2013 12:26 AM The Daily Star BEIRUT: Leading Lebanese figures continued to weigh in Monday on the crisis in Syria in light of the looming threat of U.S. airstrikes. Walid Jumblatt called on Lebanese parties to extract themselves from the “Syrian quagmire,” while singling out Hezbollah for “turning its rifle far from Israel” when its role should be restricted to defending the southern border of Lebanon. “Today we see the tyranny displayed by the Syrian regime toward its own people with unprecedented killing and criminality,” Jumblatt said in his weekly interview with his party’s newspaper, Al-Anbaa. “It is impossible to compromise or reach a middle solution with tyranny,” he stated. “Therefore, there can be no solution to the Syrian crisis except by an international, regional agreement leading to the removal of President Bashar Assad and his officers from power.” Read more: dailystar.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Sep-03/229728-lebanese-politicians-continue-to-weigh-in-on-syria-crisis.ashx#ixzz2dmSW1W5Q (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: dailystar.lb)
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