Former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam emphasized that “Hezbollah” is the biggest loser in everything that has happened in Lebanon, describing it as “a tool in the escalation process” to protect Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime from the International Tribunal. He warned that this regime is causing tension in the Lebanese arena “to the level of a civil war.”
Khaddam said in an interview with United Press International on the sidelines of the fifth session of the General Secretariat of the Opposition National Salvation Front: “I believe that if it were left to this party, it would not have resorted to escalation, but it has instructions to escalate the situation to protect Bashar al-Assad after serious discussions began about establishing the international tribunal that will try those responsible for the assassination of President Rafik Hariri.”
