Lebanese army gave resolute rebuff to rebels – Armenian expert

The October 19 terrorist acts in Lebanon did not see a subsequent chain reaction thanks to the abrupt measures taken by the country's army, an Armenian orientalist has said.
"The Lebanese army demonstrated an unusual resoluteness, by taking abrupt measures and simultaneously using military equipment to halt the revolts that were likely to begin after the explosion," Ruben Safrastyan, the Director of the National Academy's Institute of Oriental Studies, told a news conference on Tuesday.
But the expert didn't make any forecast as to future developments, saying only that the Lebanese army's resoluteness gave a rebuff to negative scenarios.
Meantime he noted that several zones in the country's north are out of the Lebanese authorities' control.
"There are such territories that are used as camps by the Syrian rebels, with Lebanon being incapable of establishing control in any way," he explained.
Safrastyan believes the country could potentially face a new rebellion if not the desires of major powers.
"Neither the United States nor the important Arab countries want anything of the kind to happen. The United States said it sending a detachment of special experts to probe into the Lebanese explosion. That's to say, they are interested to see Lebanon out of the struggle," he added.    Read more... (212 words)

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