NNA - Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday in a statement that "Chaos is appearing in different places in Lebanon, and threatening of sabotaging national life and allowing the logic of lawlessness to prevail", adding that the peak of chaos and of the will to sabotage is represented by the attack against the Lebanese army, which was targeted in the past few hours by criminal attacks in the vicinity of the city of Sidon.



The statement , issued by Hariri's Press Office, said that the only aim of these attacks was to damage the city's identity and the adherence of its people to the State and its legitimate institutions, and tried to drag the country into a quagmire of itinerant discord and terrorist operations.



"The solidarity with the Lebanese army regarding the suspicious acts and condemnable attacks against it is the duty of every citizen who believes in the state and the role of the military institution in this sensitive stage of the history of Lebanon and the region", the statement said.



It added, " we underline our solidarity and demand, one more time, the arrest and prosecution of all armed groups seeking to spread chaos and to target the army checkpoints, with the objective of hampering internal stability and igniting factors of division."



Sidon will not accept under any circumstances to be dragged again into a confrontation with the Lebanese army, which is entrusted with the safety, security and dignity of its people, Hariri said.



Those who are against Sidon's unity and its will to support the army and the other official security institutions are just a group of mislaid and irresponsible people, using armed chaos and sectarian tension to jeopardize the safety of the city and its people, and offering to the suicidal projects and to those who carry illegal weapons free services enabling them to access Sidon and manipulate it, the statement said.



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