Monday, August 8, 2011

UNHCR denies Al-Arabiya report on Iran and Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=298650

The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a statement on Monday denying information published on Al-Arabiya website last week.“The UNHCR has categorically denied the information published on the website of Al-Arabiya news channel on August 5 quoting French sources and attributing inaccurate statements to UNHCR,” said the statement, adding,

“The same statement draws reference to a report which the High Commissioner for Refugees has no connection to, and which has also recently been carried in newspapers in Lebanon.”Al-Arabiya television reported on Friday that a UN commission linked to the UNHCR announced that Iran and Hezbollah are “involved in killing Syrian soldiers who refuse to shoot at protesters."

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