Hezbollah:
U.S. Seeks to Prevent Displaced Syrians From Returning Home
BEIRUT (Press TV) – A high-ranking member of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has warned about a U.S. plot to prevent the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland so that the displaced people could be used as a pressure "lever” against the Damascus government.
"Tens of thousands have already returned to Syria, and are now living normal lives. Why do some people in Lebanon are standing against the return of displaced people?” Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Saturday.
He said there was a global scheme, spearheaded by Washington, which sought to prevent the return of Syrian refugees under the pretext that the situation in the Arab country was still unstable.
"After they failed to advance their projects through support for militant groups, they have now organized this conspiracy,” Sheikh Qassem pointed out.
The senior Hezbollah official underlined that the U.S. was harming Lebanon through the issue of displaced Syrians as it wanted the Beirut government to remain at the minimum level of efficacy.
Sheikh Qassem, however, said "some political parties in Lebanon will frustrate this scheme, and will sustain the country’s sovereignty.”
"I want to ask those who do not want the return of Syrian: What is your justification? If you are referring to the Lebanese Constitution, the Constitution makes mention of privileged relations with Syria. If you are talking about Lebanon's interests, then it is in the country’s best interests that the refugees return to their country. We have a very difficult economic and social situation…” the Hezbollah deputy secretary general added.
On January 20, Lebanese President Michel Aoun urged world powers to "make all efforts” to help the repatriation of Syrian refugees as Damascus forces continue to liberate the country from the clutches of foreign-sponsored terrorist groups.
"Lebanon calls on the international community to make all efforts possible and provide suitable conditions for a safe return of displaced Syrians,” Aoun told an Arab economic summit in Beirut.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported on December 24 last year that more than 1,000 Syrian refugees had returned to their homeland from various areas in Lebanon.
The return of refugees took place in the southern Lebanese cites and districts of Tripoli, Arsal, Tyre and Nabatieh, and under the supervision of Lebanon's General Security in cooperation with the UN refugee agency.
Syrian refugees depart from Lebanon as they are waiting in buses sent by Syrian authorities at al-Dabbousiya border crossing on December 24, 2018.
"Tens of thousands have already returned to Syria, and are now living normal lives. Why do some people in Lebanon are standing against the return of displaced people?” Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Saturday.
He said there was a global scheme, spearheaded by Washington, which sought to prevent the return of Syrian refugees under the pretext that the situation in the Arab country was still unstable.
"After they failed to advance their projects through support for militant groups, they have now organized this conspiracy,” Sheikh Qassem pointed out.
The senior Hezbollah official underlined that the U.S. was harming Lebanon through the issue of displaced Syrians as it wanted the Beirut government to remain at the minimum level of efficacy.
Sheikh Qassem, however, said "some political parties in Lebanon will frustrate this scheme, and will sustain the country’s sovereignty.”
"I want to ask those who do not want the return of Syrian: What is your justification? If you are referring to the Lebanese Constitution, the Constitution makes mention of privileged relations with Syria. If you are talking about Lebanon's interests, then it is in the country’s best interests that the refugees return to their country. We have a very difficult economic and social situation…” the Hezbollah deputy secretary general added.
On January 20, Lebanese President Michel Aoun urged world powers to "make all efforts” to help the repatriation of Syrian refugees as Damascus forces continue to liberate the country from the clutches of foreign-sponsored terrorist groups.
"Lebanon calls on the international community to make all efforts possible and provide suitable conditions for a safe return of displaced Syrians,” Aoun told an Arab economic summit in Beirut.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported on December 24 last year that more than 1,000 Syrian refugees had returned to their homeland from various areas in Lebanon.
The return of refugees took place in the southern Lebanese cites and districts of Tripoli, Arsal, Tyre and Nabatieh, and under the supervision of Lebanon's General Security in cooperation with the UN refugee agency.
Syrian refugees depart from Lebanon as they are waiting in buses sent by Syrian authorities at al-Dabbousiya border crossing on December 24, 2018.