Protests near Lebanese Embassies in Cairo, Doha against Hizbullah Role in Syria

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Tens of the supporters of the Muslim Revolutionaries movement in Egypt on Sunday staged a sit-in in front of the Lebanese embassy in Cairo to protest Hizbullah's involvement in the Syrian war.

The Egyptian daily al-Shourouq reported that the protesters chanted slogans denouncing the party as the security forces brought reinforcements to the neighborhood where the embassy in located.

The Islamic movement had previously staged several sit-ins in front of the Iranian consulate against the “Shiite tide,” demanding the expulsion of the country's charge d'affaires.

Meanwhile in Doha, demonstrators rejecting Hizbullah fighting alongside Syria President Bashar Assad's forces in the neighboring country also held a protest in front of the Lebanese embassy in Qatar's capital.

Syrian regime forces backed by elite Hizbullah fighters on Wednesday managed to recapture the strategic town of Qusayr near Lebanon's border from rebel hands following a fierce assault.

And on Saturday the Eastern Bweida village, the last rebel bastion in the area, was seized by Syrian forces, bringing the entire Qusayr region near the border with Lebanon back under regime control.

Only 10 kilometers from Lebanon, Qusayr is strategic for the regime and Hizbullah because of its proximity to the border and because it lies on a route linking Damascus to the the regime's bastion on the Syrian coast.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah had previously justified the group's involvement in Syria by saying they were defending Lebanese-inhabited border villages inside Syria and Shiite holy sites in the Damascus province.

But during a May 25 speech marking the 13th anniversary of Israel's military withdrawal from Lebanon, Nasrallah said the hardline Takfiris are the “most prevailing group in the Syrian opposition,” warning against a defeat against them in the ongoing war in Syria.

He said: “If Syria falls in the hands of the Takfiris and the United States, the resistance will become under a siege and Israel will enter Lebanon. If Syria falls, the Palestinian cause will be lost.”

Comments 8
Thumb primesuspect 09 June 2013, 23:37

Democracy. at least none of them got assassinated like the poor shia today in Beirut by hizballa shabi7a. May his he rest in peace.

Thumb fero 10 June 2013, 00:07

its funny that these same protesters had no problem with al qaeda and other islamist extremists fighting in syria looking to turn syria into a extreme islamist state..if you want to protest against intervention then be fair and protest against all foreign intervention, dont support al qaeda simply because they are fighting with the rebels do u really think they care about the freedom of syrian people these people are so extrmee that to them all shia's are the devil and that is the only reason why they are fighting in syria

Thumb geha 10 June 2013, 05:06

let me say it clearly: we are against al Qaeda and sunni extremists.
but that does not mean that we do not support the Syrian people against the shia extremists.
we do not have to choose between sunni or shia extremism, rather we reject both.
in that spirit we reject iran and their tools hizbushaitan.
nasrallah is now labeled killer of kids across the world.
how long do you think hizbushaitan will last more?

Thumb geha 10 June 2013, 08:20

but ft.... this is not the first time we see these thugs in action!
have you forgotten?
hizbushaitan IS an extremist shia entity following the orders of iran whether you want to admit it or not.
as for nasrallah being labeled as a killer of kids, well go and check across the international media and you will have confirmation: it is not an invention, rather it is a fact.

Default-user-icon FlameCatcher (Guest) 10 June 2013, 13:20

You fool,

As Nassrallah said it himself : ANY ACTION, conducted by ANY MEMBER of Hezbollah is done in full knowledge of the organisation. There is no way a ROGUE member of Hezbollah would do anything without their full knowledge. Those are the words of Hassan.

You cannot condemn what happened yesterday without condemning Hezbollah alltogether.

Stop playing with fire, you burned all your braincells !

Thumb AngryLeb 10 June 2013, 08:53

Bullshit, there was only 3 Syrian guys standing there and got kicked out by the police 5 minutes later.

Default-user-icon dddd (Guest) 10 June 2013, 10:44

Only in Lebanon musrderers are loved and cherished!, in any other country this animal needs to be put away for life! I agree on one last execution 'ottoman style' bel se7a its your execution ya wesse5!

Thumb superhabib 10 June 2013, 16:29

The Egyptians should protest against the Muslim Brotherhood's complicity with Israel instead.