Mashnouq Announces Plan, with Hizbullah Cooperation, to Help Lebanese Escape Tufail

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Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced on Saturday a plan to help citizens “safely” escape the Lebanese town of Tufail, which is located inside Syria.

The plan involves securing a safe passage supervised by Lebanese forces and which would allow the village's residents to escape "without being subjected to any Syrian gunman."

Al-Manar television provided details on the plan: "All residents of Tufail who want to leave the town will head to a border region and security forces buses will be waiting for them to transfer them to wherever they want."

Mashnouq announced the plan after a security meeting in the ministry of interior, in the presence of security officials and Hizbullah Liaison and Coordination Officer Wafiq Safa.

The security meeting was followed by talks between Mashnouq, Safa and General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim.

"The plan aims at rescuing the Lebanese present in the town from Syrian atrocities, whether committed by the (Damascus) regime or by the opposition,” Mashnouq explained, according to al-Jadeed television.

"And we coordinated with Hizbullah because this party is involved in the Syrian conflict and has military presence in these regions,” he elaborated.

"It is impossible to implement such a plan without coordinating with Hizbullah officials."

"There is a necessity to coordinate with the party to safeguard the safety of the Lebanese in these regions,” he added, noting that Safa expressed his keenness on protecting Lebanese nationals in Tufail.

Syrian opposition gunmen have recently gathered in the Lebanese town of Tufail, after escaping the battles in the village of Qalamoun on the border with Lebanon. Their numbers amount to 350 fighters, according al-Akhbar daily.

The town is located at the end of the eastern mountain belt's plains, in an area that is 24 kilometers inside Syrian territories. Tufail is surrounded by Syrian lands to its north, east and south, and by the Lebanese villages of Ham, Maarboun and Brital to its west.

It should also be noted that no roads link Tufail to Lebanese territories.

More than 5,000 Lebanese nationals reside in Tufail, Christians and Muslims, and among them there are around 25 soldiers in the army.

President Michel Suleiman called during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday to study all possible means that would enable helping the town's residents escape and take refuge in safe regions inside Lebanon.

S.D.B.

Comments 21
Thumb popeye 19 April 2014, 16:50

the state and the statelet. Back to the days of the PLO and Arafat... Now, we have co-ordination meetings between the terror party and the Lebanese government to guarantee the safety of Lebanese Nationals. Every Lebanese is shamed by these actions....

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 18:28

More like pity a nation who merges religion with politics.

Missing coolmec 19 April 2014, 19:32

Elementa;
this is a comment I fully agree with you unlike the one you posted earlier above

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 19:49

Fair enough coolmec.

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 18:28

Please state village locations in Lebanon leading back 5 generations.

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 18:28

your family's I should say.

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 18:59

you didn't answer my question Southern, don't change the subject.

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 18:32

It's what he's paid to do, can't go beyond the programming.

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 19:00

case in point.

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 19:06

FT, sure be a 5 year old. I'm just pointing out facts.

Missing coolmec 19 April 2014, 19:29

no way

Missing coolmec 19 April 2014, 20:02

by the way happy easter to you Elemental if it applies and Happy Easter to all of you guys
stuff your self with a lot of hard boiled eggs..lol As for me I stick to my Johnny Walker double black..
well I thought I'd change topic away from M8 M14 etc...lol
Thank you guys

Thumb Elemental 19 April 2014, 20:07

Happy Easter to you too man, I totally agree with the double black too. Have a great weekend.

Missing coolmec 19 April 2014, 20:33

Elemental
Thanks Bro I don't know if you are in Lebanon or elsewhere but where ever you are do enjoy your week end
Cheers

Thumb cedre 19 April 2014, 21:09

thanks freechristian, +1

Thumb skitzoman 19 April 2014, 21:17

elemantal minus the Ele raise to the power if infinity for a germ like you and -[log]70 for your IQ.

Missing peace 19 April 2014, 21:42

LOL didn't hezbi go there to secure lebanese villages? seems they cannot do the job as they are busy elsewhere killing syrians! LOL

Default-user-icon oussama (Guest) 20 April 2014, 00:48

طلبوا حماية انفسهم و ممتلكاتهم من اجرام الاسد و مرتزقته, فكان الرد بان سلموا كل ما تملكونه و ارحلوا بسلام, و الا سوف يتم ابادتكم مع النازحين السوريين.

Thumb EagleDawn 20 April 2014, 06:17

he is josephani

Default-user-icon Simon Hokayem (Guest) 20 April 2014, 07:26

"All residents of Tfeil who want to leave the town will head to a border region and security forces buses will be waiting for them to transfer them to wherever they want." Where?

Missing coolmec 20 April 2014, 10:00

Frankenstein
We are brothers in faith in the sense that both highways(christian and muslim)lead to the same Allah