Hezbollah to uphold accord with Church over Lasa: official
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BEIRUT: A senior Hezbollah officials said the party would uphold an agreement over disputed land with the Maronite church in the Jbeil village of Lasa, saying last week's controversy was aimed at sowing division between the party and its Christian allies.

"What you have heard from some about Lasa is slander," said Ghaleb Abou Zeinab, a member of Hezbollah's political council, at a ceremony Sunday.
"The issue is an individual case that is being handled legally, and we have informed all those concerned that we remain on our agreement with the Patriarchate," Abou Zeinab said.
On Friday, Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Claude Karam ordered the demolition of an unauthorized building after members of Hezbollah returned to work on a site in Lasa, which falls on a plot of land the Maronite Patriarchate claims to own.
Security sources told The Daily Star at the time that Hezbollah’s local military commander, Yasar Hasan Miqdad, backed by around 50 party members dressed in special uniforms, entered the disputed area late Thursday night and began working, nearly two years after a court ruling banned any construction.