Ibrahim Says Ready for Any Govt. Mission to Coordinate Return of Refugees
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General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said he is willing to carry out any mission entrusted to him by the Lebanese government as for dialogue with Syria to facilitate the return of displaced Syrians home, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.
“I am at the disposal of the political authority and I am ready to carry out any mission I am tasked with,” as long as there is a political decision about it, Ibrahim told the daily in an interview.
The General Security chief added that “security coordination with related parties (in Syria) has not changed, it is the same as it was previously and falls in the security interest of both countries.”
Abbas' comments came after media reports pointed to an inclination to task him to “politically coordinate with the Syrian government on the refugee file – in his capacity as a presidential envoy.”
Reports said the Lebanese government will maintain “its dissociation policy and it would later agree to any solutions that the 'presidential envoy' would reach, knowing that he enjoys good ties with the various local and external parties that are concerned with the crisis.”
The return of Syrian refugees has taken the forefront after the latest security sweep to combat terrorism in settlements camps in Arsal that left seven soldiers wounded in suicide attacks.
Some calls arose encouraging coordination between the Lebanese and Syrian governments to return the displaced home, while others encouraged their return to be organized via the United Nations.
Several officials of Hariri's al-Mustaqbal Movement are strongly opposed to any communication with Damascus, especially State Minister for Refugee Affairs Moein al-Merehbi.
Several political parties, especially Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement, have called for coordinating the return of the displaced with the Syrian government.
07 July 2017, 13:55
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Speak when you are spoken to Mr. Syrian slave. Your statement is nothing more than indirect pressure on the government to appoint you as liaison with the Syrian regime; a job you most definitely welcome.
07 July 2017, 14:13
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You are the Salafis slaves, you are their human rights activists.
That we deliver these people to Idlib where they belong is the right thing to do.
08 July 2017, 08:42
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Spare us your BS propaganda you POS. Anyone and everyone who exposes you and your filthy cult is labeled a Salafi. What is a Salafi? Anything is better than you heretics.
07 July 2017, 14:26
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but you said they are all pro assad and you sent them buses in the last syrian elections and got them to vote for Assad 97.8%.
07 July 2017, 16:55
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have you accepted the fate of those two dead shia iranian terrorists in your avatar or not yet?
07 July 2017, 14:12
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Coordinated or not, refugees have to go. It will take years to clean up after them and for economic and emotional recovery of the Lebanese, so sooner they leave the better.
07 July 2017, 15:17
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Evil eyes so clear in the picture. I cannot believe the iranian terrorist militia of hezbollah bombarded this sectarian to head of Security.
07 July 2017, 17:08
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Not as simple as you say. The overwhelming majority of these refugees are anti Assad despite the trolls like mowaten and co. claims to the contrary. If these refugees go back to Syria under the Assad regime they will be persecuted, jailed and tortured. Lebanon is bound by the Geneva conventions regarding persons of 'refugee status' and cannot and shall not sent people back if they have reasonable doubt they will be persecuted in their country for their political or religious beliefs.
The Syrian refugee problem is here to stay I am afraid. We will be talking about it in another 50 years much like we do about the Palestinian refugees unless a real regime change takes place in Syria. At the moment this seems unlikely.
The talk about coordinating with the regime is an attempt by Hezbollah to spend some of what it believes are its 'victories' in Syria in the Lebanese political arena.
07 July 2017, 23:17
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Let the syrians rot in Syria, who cares.
If we follow s.o.s's advice we will:
1-live under Israeli occupation
2-Have one million syrians settled in Lebanon forever
3-Lose control of our borders
4-Cause even more economic problems for the country
5-Cause even more youth and abled workforce to leave the country
08 July 2017, 06:28
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Ibrahim Says Ready for Any Govt. Mission to Coordinate Return of Refugees
how about doing your job and preventing hezbollah from going to Syria massacring Syrians and making them refugees.
