The Lebanese army is reportedly mobilizing troops in preparation for a possible battle along the border near the strategic Syrian town of Qalamoun.
Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Sunday in comments published in the pan Arab daily al-Hayat that Hizbullah should engage in the Qalamoun battle alongside the Lebanese army.
“The Syrian gunmen are present on Lebanese territories and control 600 kilometers on the outskirts of Arsal and other regions, where they are killing people,” Berri's visitors quoted him as saying.
He pointed out that “as long as they are occupying a Lebanese land then I support the resistance's endeavors to free it.”
“We have no doubts that the battle will flareup at some point.”
Berri told his visitors that the “Lebanese army's role is to safeguard the Lebanese towns and not enter Syria to engage in battles with gunmen.”