Several fighters and the pressure on Washington – the Israelis are preparing for war | World | News |
February 28, 2010 – 3:51 am
Lebanese military command said that Israeli planes violated Lebanese airspace and circled over towns in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Israelis are asking Washington to reconsider its decision on the resumption of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Syria, as Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad gave a dinner in honor of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the leader of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah and the leaders of Palestinian movements.
In a bid to pressure the Israelis to Washington said the London-Arab newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat. Recall that the U.S. decided to resume diplomatic relations with Syria, interrupted after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, five years ago. Special Envoy of the White House in the Middle East, George Mitchell said that the U.S. Ambassador in Damascus, appointed Robert Stephen Ford, assistant to the U.S. ambassador in Iraq.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held talks in Damascus with Bashar al-Assad. In the Syrian capital also met with the Iranian leader arrived specially for this purpose from the Lebanese leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. Then, at a press conference the two Presidents al-Assad said that the Presidential Summit dealt with the most urgent problems of the Middle East, in particular the Israeli crimes and Israeli terror. Ahmadinejad, in turn, said that Arab countries “to build a new Middle East, without Zionists”, while Iran, Syria and Lebanon united front in the event of aggression by Israel.
Today, the Israelis have confirmed the concerns of Arab and Iranian leaders – several Israeli fighter jets violated Lebanese airspace on the night from Friday to Saturday, and whirled over the southern city of Sidon, Marjayoun and Hasbaya, said PressTV .
