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Photo by: AP Hariri: We'll stand with Hizbullah

The Lebanese government will stand with Hizbullah in the event of a war with Israel, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said overnight Tuesday in an interview with the BBC.

Hariri said Israel was escalating its threats against Lebanon as well as Syria. "We see what's happening on the ground and in our airspace and what's happening all the time during the past two months,” he said.

“Every day we have Israeli planes entering Lebanese airspace. This is something that is escalating, and this is something that is really dangerous."

But Hariri said that Lebanon was united against the Jewish state. "I think they're betting that there might be some division in Lebanon, if there is a war against us,” he said. “Well, there won't be a division in Lebanon. We will stand against Israel. We will stand with our own people."

Last week, Syrian President Bashar Assad held talks with the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, in Damascus and stressed “Syria’s commitment to stand by Lebanon’s government and people against any Israeli aggression.”

According to SANA News Agency, “Talks during the meeting dealt with the Israeli repeated threats against countries of the region and Israeli extremism, which is poised for burying any chance for reaching peace by inflaming wars in the region and taking it into the unknown.”

By stressing that Damascus would stand by Lebanon “against Israeli aggression,” Assad seemed to be echoing Syrian Foreign Minister Wallid Muallem’s warning last week that Syria would not stand to the side if the IDF took action against Hizbullah.

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