Lebanon To File Complaint With UNSC Over Israeli Action - Transport Minister

Sumaira FH Published December 26, 2018 | 08:35 PM

The Lebanese authorities intend to send a complaint to the UN Security Council in connection with the invasion of Israeli aircraft in the country's airspace to attack Syria that caused threat to passenger aircraft, Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport Youssef Fenianos said Wednesday.

BEIRUT (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th December, 2018) The Lebanese authorities intend to send a complaint to the UN Security Council in connection with the invasion of Israeli aircraft in the country's airspace to attack Syria that caused threat to passenger aircraft, Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport Youssef Fenianos said Wednesday.

"There was an agreement that Lebanon will file an urgent complaint to the UN Security Council against Israel and will take a decision that will protect Lebanon and [its] citizens," Fenianos wrote in his Twitter blog.

The minister earlier said he had informed Prime Minister Saad Hariri that a crash of two civilian aircraft in Lebanon's skies during the Israeli Air Force's attacks on Syria on Tuesday was narrowly avoided.