Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel challenged Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah by saying, “Open the land borders for Syrians to return to Syria.”
His response comes after Nasrallah’s TV appearance on Monday, in which the latter called on the Lebanese government to open the sea routes for Syrian migrants to go to Europe, as a way to alleviate Lebanon from their protracted presence.
The Kataeb leader argued, in an intervention on MTV, that Nasrallah holds the keys to the borders, the illegal crossings on the border with Syria and the government's decisions. Gemayel considered that Nasrallah should close the illegal crossings to prevent Syrians from entering, and open the border for their departure.
He affirmed that the Syrian displacement issue is “existential for Lebanon,” hoping that everyone will “rise above the bidding wars in order to reach tangible results in this context.”
His response comes after Nasrallah’s TV appearance on Monday, in which the latter called on the Lebanese government to open the sea routes for Syrian migrants to go to Europe, as a way to alleviate Lebanon from their protracted presence.
The Kataeb leader argued, in an intervention on MTV, that Nasrallah holds the keys to the borders, the illegal crossings on the border with Syria and the government's decisions. Gemayel considered that Nasrallah should close the illegal crossings to prevent Syrians from entering, and open the border for their departure.
He affirmed that the Syrian displacement issue is “existential for Lebanon,” hoping that everyone will “rise above the bidding wars in order to reach tangible results in this context.”
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