Sunni extremists from Tripoli have been flocking to Syria to join the terrorist Al-Nusra Front. Sakr later claimed the tapes were edited, and that he only provided Syrians with milk and blankets. At first he denied his involvement, but admitted it when Al Akhbar published audio tapes of him making arms deals with Syrian insurgents. įuture Movement MP Okab Sakr was long suspected to be involved in aiding the insurgents in the Syrian civil war.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that it should be "abundantly clear to those who support Assad 'regime' its days are numbered." It was reported that, "sales of black market weapons in Lebanon have skyrocketed in recent weeks due to demand in Syria." In June 2011, clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between members of the Alawite minority, loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and members of the Sunni majority left seven people dead. plots to destabilize and interfere in Syria, amid comments by U.S. Hezbollah states they support a process of reforms in Syria and that they are also against U.S. Pro-government protestors countered the actions by carrying posters of Nasrallah. In August, The Jerusalem Post reported that protesters, enraged at Hezbollah's support for Syria's government, burned Hezbollah flags and images of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in several places in Syria.
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This has been rejected by the ruling 8 March alliance, which includes the Shia Hezbollah and allies such as the Maronite Free Patriotic Movement, among others.
The 14 March alliance, led by the mainly Sunni Muslim Future Movement, which is allied with the Maronite Christian Lebanese Forces Party, has called for Lebanese aid to the Free Syrian Army and taking a stronger stance against the Syrian government. Since the Cedar Revolution in 2005 and the withdrawal of the occupying Syrian forces from the country, the Lebanese political spectrum has been divided between the anti-Syrian government 14 March alliance and the pro-Syrian government 8 March alliance. Jamal Husayn Zayniyah (Al-Nusra Front operations commander in the Qalamoun) Ī The al-Nusra Front closely cooperated with ISIL between 20, were considered " frenemies" in 2015, and became embroiled in open conflict with it in 2017.