A Syrian presidential advisor told Al-Arabiya that the United States offered Damascus to intervene in Lebanon amid the fast-moving security developments, but Syria refused and said it would not take part in any military or security intervention in Lebanese affairs. The advisor, Dr. Ahmad Mwafaq Zeidan, also sharply criticized Hezbollah, calling on the organization to stop its interference in Syrian affairs.
In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Dr. Ahmad Mwafaq Zeidan, advisor to the Syrian presidency, revealed that the United States approached Damascus with an offer to intervene in Lebanon, against the backdrop of rapid security developments there. Zeidan stated that Syria rejected the proposal and clarified it would not take part in any military or security intervention in Lebanese affairs. He emphasized Syria's support for expanding the Lebanese government's control over all of its territory, and argued that strengthening Lebanon should be achieved through bolstering state institutions and legal authority, not military intervention. Zeidan called on Hezbollah to stop its interference in Syrian affairs, saying the organization creates problems for the Syrian government and that some of its actions do not serve Syria's national interest.
The Zioneer previously reported similar signals from Damascus: on June 14 (Sunday), a Syrian presidential advisor told The Zioneer that the US had offered Syria to join the fight against Hezbollah, and that Damascus declined. The current remarks expand on that earlier report, adding the framing that Syria rejects any military role in Lebanon and instead advocates for state-building and institutional sovereignty. The remarks also underscore growing frictions between Damascus and Hezbollah, amid a wider regional realignment in which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has distanced itself from the Iranian-led axis. The account remains single-sourced, from Zeidan's interview to Al-Arabiya.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake