Former head of the General Security Department Major General Jamil al-Sayyed expressed his readiness on Sayyed to withdraw a lawsuit filed in Damascus against Lebanese officials if President Michel Sleiman or Prime Minister Saad Hariri personally asked him to do so. In an interview with OTV, Sayyed said he would withdraw the lawsuit if Sleiman or Hariri asked him to do so in order “to preserve and inter-Lebanese entente and Lebanese-Syrian rapprochement.” Sayyed also warned he would sue Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar if the latter “continues to obstruct the judicial summons” by not informing the Lebanese politicians, journalists, and security and judicial figures of the Syrian lawsuit. Sayyed added that following Prime Minister Hariri’s visit to Damascus last month, he felt it would be appropriate to withdraw the lawsuit, however, he added that people would probably think that he backed down under Syrian pressure. – The Daily Star
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