Scholars warn of Lebanon unremitting situation

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Lebanese scholars sternly warned about the spread of wrangle between Islamic sects in the country and underscored the necessity of standing against such clashes. Of those, Seyyed Ali Fazlollah pointed to the present unremitting situation in North of Lebanon and expressed hope that security will be brought back to this area soon. He leveled criticism at the Lebanon Government and underscored the country failed in providing security. He censured the government for not putting an end to the present economic and social crisis in this country. Seyyed Ali Fazlollah beckoned to the current vulnerable milieu in Lebanon and underscored, “we are in a vulnerable situation so I demand all the stratums, faces, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to make a move for bringing the country out of the ongoing present plagued situation. Sheikh Ahmad Qablan, along with him, pointed to the political meltdown in Syria and mentioned, after the entire attempts aimed at plunging the area into military was, no way stands except diplomatic and political solution. He urged all political groups in Lebanon to refrain from dispersion and find a short cut solution for obviating the standing problems in the country. Sheikh Afif Nablesi, in another line of argument, pointed to the recent clashes in Tripoli and its spill over in Lebanon, facing its people with more peril and danger. The religious cleric pointed to the role of army in providing security and stability and underscored some people in Lebanon block the army, in their way doing it duty, and exploiting any situation to make chaos in the region. Tripoli has been the scene of fierce clashes between the supporters and opponents of the Syrian government since the beginning of the unrest in Syria more than two years ago. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria. In a recent statement, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the number of Syrian refugees, who have fled the country’s 31-month-long conflict, reached two million. The UN refugee agency also said some 4.2 million people have also been displaced inside Syria since the beginning of the conflict in the Arab country./149