US: Hezbollah involvement in Syria threatens Lebanon's stability
The United States has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in Lebanon, stating that the latest clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, in which at least 23 people have been killed, "constitute a stark reminder that the conflict in Syria poses an increasingly dangerous threat to Lebanon’s stability and security," the State Department said in a statement.
The Americans warned that Hezbollah leaders’ decision to escalate the group’s role in the fighting in Syria "violates and undermines Lebanon’s dissociation policy and risks dragging Lebanon into a foreign conflict." (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)
