In Arsal, March 14 Urges 'End to Syrian Army Violation of Lebanon Sovereignty'

The March 14 forces on Sunday called on the government to take care of the residents of Arsal and the Bekaa and the Syrian refugees in the area, urging an “immediate intervention to put an end to the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by the Syrian regime’s army.”

“From here we say to whomever it concerns that we demand the government to immediately take care of the residents of Arsal and the Bekaa and to heed the situation of the families that had fled from Syria by providing their needs through the Higher Relief Commission,” March 14 General-Secretariat Coordinator Fares Soaid said in Arsal, during a visit at the head of an opposition delegation.

Soaid called on the health ministry to “shoulder the responsibility of admitting the wounded to hospitals at its expense,” urging the government to “immediately intervene to put an end the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by the Syrian regime’s army, which is terrorizing the Lebanese and preventing them from cultivating their groves.”

He warned that “the persistence of such acts represents a blatant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and independence and breaches the National Charter and the resolutions of the international legitimacy.”

“We call on the official local, Arab and international organizations to visit the area, explore its needs and stand by its residents, as the credibility of the Arab states and the international community is at stake, in the face of the challenge of aiding people and protecting them,” the March 14 official added.

He noted that “the March 14 forces consider Arsal, Wadi Khaled, Mount Hermon, al-Arida, and the al-Qaa area which we warmly salute, as areas targeted by the Syrian regime’s army.”

The March 14 forces “call on their MPs, not only the Bekaa’s MPs but also all March 14 MPs, to form a follow-up committee tasked with communicating with all the relevant parties for the sake of backing the steadfastness of these areas and other areas that are hosting the Syrian refugees and offering them humanitarian aid.”

For his part, head of Arsal Municipality Ali Mohammed al-Hujairi called for “ending the violations against Arsal’s areas,” while Bakr al-Hujairi, Mustaqbal Movement coordinator for the Northern Bekaa, said it was vital for the March 14 forces to win the upcoming parliamentary elections “in order to rise to power.”