Fighting ISIL needs international help

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil says the support of all domestic parties and the international community is needed to fight ISIL Takfiri militants.

News ID: 60068

Date: 25 September 2014 - 08:00

Gebran Bassil made the remark in an exclusive interview with Press TV, during which he said Lebanon needs political support from within [the country] and from the countries that claim they want to tackle terrorism.

Bassil also warned against the growing threat of the ISIL Takfiri militants to Lebanon’s stability.

The Lebanese foreign minister went on to say that the terrorism fueled by the ISIL Takfiri group will adversely affect the whole region and even the whole world.

Violence erupted in eastern Lebanon on August 2 after soldiers arrested a Syrian man who the army said confessed to belonging to the ISIL. Angered by the arrest, the Takfiri militants opened fire on army checkpoints and stormed a police station in a border area.

Following truce negotiations with the ISIL militants, they agreed to retreat from the town of Arasl and freed some prisoners on August 6.

Sourse: PressTV