Bassil: Region Fell in Hands of ISIL and ’Israel’

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil called on the international community to support Lebanon and offer aid to the Lebanese army to confront terrorism, considering the region to be stuck between terrorist groups and "Israel".

"Terrorism is moving from an area to another but it will surely be buried on Lebanese territories," Bassil said during a meeting for the Palestine Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Tehran.

He pointed out that the developments in the Gaza Strip, the Iraqi city of Mosul and the northeastern border town of Arsal are the same.

"The region has fallen between ISIL and "Israel"," Bassil told conferees.

"They have the same principles," he added.

Bassil vowed that Lebanon will break the connection between them.

"Killing in the name of religion is never justified and as Lebanese we settled our choices since the creation of our country," he told officials gathered in Iran, noting that "there is no room for any unilateral decision in the world."

"Instead of thanking the residents of Arsal, who welcomed them, they are assisting" armed men.

The Lebanese official called on conferees to take into consideration Lebanon's fight against "Israel", saying: "Palestinians will bury the "Israeli" terrorism like the resistance and the army in 2006 buried it."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team