Mansour: Hezbollah Fighters Deployed in Border Towns to Defend Lebanese

Lebanese care-taker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour stressed on Friday that the Lebanese government hasn’t breached the policy of ‘self-distancing’ it adopted since the unrest erupted in Syria two years ago, indicating that Hezbollah fighters are deployed in the northern border area to defend the Lebanese citizens residing there.

“Hezbollah declared that its fighters exist in Lebanese towns to defend the Lebanese citizens and not to participate in military operations inside Syria,” Mansour told Al-Manar TV presenter.

“There is a wide propaganda campaign claiming that Hezbollah participates in conflicts of Deir al-Zoor, Aleppo, Homs, etc., but this is not true,” he added.

“Throughout the two years, we were saying that the solution in Syria should be political and not military. Whom who thinks that military option is the solution that can lead to positive results is totally wrong,” the Lebanese care-taker minister stated.

Syria was hit by a violent unrest since Mid-March 2011, where Syrian government believes it is orchestrated by may Western and Arab countries, including Qatar and Turkey.