BEIRUT: The Nusra Front warned Saturday that what it called discrimination by the Lebanese Army against Sunnis risked dragging Lebanon into a civil war.
"Will sectarian discrimination in the Lebanese Army drag Lebanon into a civil war?” the Nusra Front tweeted.
“The logic today in Lebanon is that if you are against Iran's party's policy in the region, then you are a terrorist and your area is a safe haven for terrorists even if you have religious and political immunity."
The Nusra Front and its sympathizers in Lebanon as well as other Sunni politicians have criticized security measures as targeting Sunnis and ignoring Hezbollah’s actions, including its involvement in the war in Syria.
The Al-Qaeda-affiliated group also criticized the Lebanese government’s handling of the case of kidnapped soldiers and policemen, saying the matter had been politicized.
"The case of the captured soldiers we have has turned into a political game in the hands of the Lebanese government, which is dragging the Lebanese public into the abyss," it said.
The Nusra Front and ISIS are holding 27 Lebanese soldiers and policemen captured during clashes with the Lebanese Army in August in a Bekaa Valley border town. Nusra Front has killed one of the hostages while ISIS has executed two.
Nusra Front has also released seven of its hostages as a sign of goodwill.
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