Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces and the main Christian pillar in Lebanon’s March 14th coalition, repudiated the tenacious suggestions of some of his allies to go further than words in his support for the revolution against Assad’s regime.
Geagea’s stance is the farthest from what the Christians of March 14th want in terms of the crisis taking place in their neighboring country. The March 14th Secretariat General has made an exception for this concern. The political-intellectual group that makes up the Secretariat General has a leftist background closely tied to Geagea and is comprised of both Christians and Muslims. Former MP Samir Frangieh is its secretary general and former MP Fares Soueid acts as the coalition’s coordinator. The March 14th coalition has incited tensions through statements regarding its willingness to reach an understanding with the “upcoming regime” in Syria.
