Burning US, Israeli flags, Lebanese slam foreign intervention
Hundreds of people have staged a demonstration near the US embassy in Lebanon to slam Washington's intervention in the country's domestic affairs in the wake of mass protests demanding departure of the ruling elite.
According to Press TV, protesters burned the Israeli and US flags on Sunday while holding signs, criticizing any intervention by foreign embassies.
“We will not give up our country for Israel,” one sign read.
Speaking in an interview with Reuters on Friday, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem called the United States the most prominent obstacle lying in the way of formation of a government in Lebanon.
“The first obstruction in the formation of the government is America, because it wants a government that resembles it and we want a government that resembles the Lebanese people,” he said.
US officials had been in direct contact with Lebanese politicians and officials, Sheikh Qassem noted, saying, “Let them leave us alone so we can reach an understanding among ourselves. The more they intervene the more they delay the solution.”
On November 13, a high-ranking Hezbollah official warned that the United States and its allies in West Asia were taking advantage of the anti-government protests in the country in order to attain their own political objectives.
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