adminAgency said yesterday.
According to a statement by the presidential media office, President Michel Suleiman has tasked caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour with filing an urgent complaint with the UN on the low-altitude flights over Beirut, the eastern town of Baalbek that borders Syria, and southern Lebanon.
Mansour condemned the violation of Lebanese airspace, confirming to the National News Agency that he would file the complaint over “the dangerous attacks carried by the Israeli military.”
The surge in Israeli airspace violation since January comes amid the Jewish country’s repeated warnings that the Syrian government might be transferring chemical weapons to the Lebanese militant party of Hezbollah.
Two air raids in Syria by Israeli warplanes last month targeted missiles apparently destined for Hezbollah.
The air strikes sparked fears that the party could hit back.
The UN has called on Israel to halt the increased air force patrols in the region, saying the over-flights are a clear violation of Lebanese sovereignty and of the Security Council resolution that ended Israel’s war with Hezbollah in 2006. —Xinhua.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter