Arab, foreign solidarity with Syria against Israeli attack

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has denounced the Israeli aggression on the Syrian lands.

In a press conference with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder yesterday, Mubarak stressed his condemnation to the Israeli aggression against the "brotherly county, Syria."

For his part, Schroeder stressed that what happened in Syria is not acceptable asserting that eliminating violence requires returning to the Quartet committee and the Roadmap or else the peace process will be more complicated in case a third state's sovereignty is being violated.

The Islamic Conference Organization denounced the "unjustified Israeli aggression against Syria" calling on the member states to support Syria.

In a statement issued in Jeddah today, Secretary General of the Organization of, Abdelouahed Belkziz stressed that the Israeli aggression is considered to be a dangerous provocative act and a violation of Syria's sovereignty and the international law.

He called on the UN Security Council to curb Israel and compel it to stop these practices which destabilize the region.

He asserted the OIC's solidarity with the Syrian people and government calling on the member states to support Syria during this critical stage.

In Beirut, Deputy Chairman of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council in Lebanon, Abdulamir Qabalan denounce the Israeli aggression stressing that this action threatens the stability and the security in the region and "reveals Israel's aggressive intentions in continuing its terrorism and violation of the international charters."

Lebanese Deputy Mustafa al-Hakim Qasem Hashem underlined that the Israeli aggression is an attempt to rearrange the cards after the failure of Sharon's policy inside Palestine. He called on the United Nations to assume its responsibilities towards the dangerous developments.