Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri said on Sunday that the people of Syria “deserve Arab protection,” hours after Arab foreign ministers agreed a list of sweeping sanctions designed to cripple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
“I would have asked my government to vote for sanctions, or else I would have resigned,” Hariri said via the social website Twitter, after Lebanon opposed sanctions imposed on Damascus.
“I would have asked my government to vote for sanctions, or else I would have resigned,” Hariri said via the social website Twitter, after Lebanon opposed sanctions imposed on Damascus.
“These sanctions are against the Syrian regime, not against its people, nor against Syria,” he added.
Hariri also expressed gratitude for the participants in the rally that was organized by his party in the northern city of Tripoli earlier in the day.
“I thank each and every one who participated in the Tripoli meeting for independence, Special Tribunal for Lebanon and solidarity with the Syrian people.”
Thousands of people poured into Tripoli to take part in the rally to honor Lebanese politicians assassinated in past years as well as to voice support for Arab uprisings.
The current Lebanese government is dominated by Hezbollah and its allies, which are insisting that the country cease all cooperation with the Netherlands-based STL, set up in the wake of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder. Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati hinted that he will resign if the cabinet fails to provide its funding share.
The STL has charged four Hezbollah operatives in connection with the assassination.
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