Saudi King Abdullah, “deeply concern about sectarian violence” – then he needs to stop fuding and agitating it

Saudi king warns of Lebanon civil war
24 May 2012 – By Andrew Roscoe – MEED

King Abdullah sent letter to Lebanon’s president highlighting concerns over increasing sectarian violence in Lebanon

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud has said he is “deeply concerned” about the increasing sectarian violence in Lebanon and has warned of the potential threat of civil war in the Levant country.

Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi state news agency, reported that King Abdullah had said in a letter to Lebanon’s President Michel Sulaiman that “Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned and is following up on the recent developments of Tripoli events, especially the targeting of a main sect in the country’s social fabric.”

The letter was referring to the murder of a Lebanese Sunni cleric who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 20 May in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

“Due to the gravity of the crisis and the possibility of it causing sectarian strife in Lebanon and putting it back in the shadow of the civil war, we are looking at your … attempts to … end the crisis … and keeping Lebanon away from foreign struggles especially with the Syrian crisis nearby,” the letter from King Abdullah to Lebanon’s president reportedly said.

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