Syrian Openness to Meetings with Shiites Outside the Amal-Hizbullah Team
Influential Syrian parties have sent invitations to several Lebanese Shiite religious leaders who are not linked to either Amal movement or Hizbullah, An Nahar daily reported Monday.
The Syrian parties are becoming more and more interested in those clergymen most probably in anticipation of possible Syrian-Iranian differences which would immediately affect Shiites in Lebanon.
Hizbullah and Amal are close allies of Syria and Iran.
A source involved in the meetings between the two sides told An Nahar that the objectives behind the talks would appear soon.