“They are preventing the Lebanese from forming their government and this is actually hindering the process of healing,” said Beirut-based political analyst Kamel Wazne during a Sunday interview with <b>Press TV</b>.
“So, the Saudi has not been a voice of stability in Lebanon and I do not think they will be a voice of stability anytime soon … they are pouring all their forces to fight the war in Syria and to extend it to Lebanon,” he further added.
He said the US-backed Saudi regime refuses to cooperate with regional countries, especially Iran, to resolve problems and concerns in the region, and instead seek to push for their own regional agendas by waging proxy wars.
“They (Saudis) feel that it is against Iran and they think that this is a way to handle the situation and they refuse to sit with the Iranians at a table where they have to negotiate certain issues of concern and I think that they are bringing a proxy war,” he emphasized.
“They want to change the Middle East, according to their formula, and this does not work that way, and that is why they are funding all these terrorist organizations,” he further noted.
The development comes as Syria rejected allegations brought by Lebanon’s Saudi-backed March 14 Alliance on Sunday about the role of Damascus and its allies in the recent Lebanon bombings, insisting that Saudi Arabia is behind such terror bids.
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi dismissed the “political” claims, saying they aimed to refute the Saudi-backed bloc’s involvement in sponsoring terrorism in Lebanon and in the Middle East region.
“The recent statement by Saudi ambassador to London and other Saudi officials make clear who should be blamed for this criminality and terrorism,” Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim said.
The top Syrian diplomat in Beirut said certain regional countries are panicking because of Syria peace talks and are trying to ignite the region from within.
“They know that Syrian-Syrian dialog and political settlements are the only solutions [to the crisis in Syria]. Those who have their bet set on weakening Syria headed by [Saudi intelligence chief] Bandar bin Sultan, [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan and others are panicking now because their bets have failed,” Abdul Karim stated.
On December 27, at least eight people were killed and over 70 others injured after a huge car bomb went off near the headquarters of Lebanon’s March 14 Alliance and the parliament in Beirut. Former Lebanese finance minister, Mohammad Shatah, was among those killed.
