21
Jan
2013
Abu Faour retracts remarks about Syria complaint
By Hasan Lakkis Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour retracted Wednesday an earlier comment in which he said a second letter of complaint from Syria’s envoy to Lebanon against his ministry represented a threat to his life. “I will respond to him in writing and will tell him I expect a bomb from the Syrian regime [after receiving this letter],” he said when asked to comment on a second letter he said was issued by Syrian envoy Ali Abdel-Karim Ali accusing his ministry of aiding refugees on the basis of political affiliation. Following a meeting of the ministerial committee…
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