welcome back our guest is former lebanese prime minister fouad siniora who things russia is playing into president assad's hand in the ongoing syrian conflict but mr senora seems to agree that extremism is a problem here missing gresham's supporting assad than once assad to stay in power hit they're not supporting the regime from what i know they just don't want the rebels to come in power because that would have repercussions for russia's north caucasus region is that you and this is it's so it's important it's very important . we understand the what you call it the concern over russia and over let's say the extremists but we have exactly the same concern. what the media expect from a show. called the moderates it's moderation and then syria and the. what is really syria after what is going to be the we're going to difference between the moderates and the rebels because it's so mixed up right now largely the rebels are really made up of jihadists right now no that's not true. you see what is the. fact that the regime is trying to say is that. eighty percent of the syrians are. extremist

want to beirut to talk to one of the country's most influential politicians former prime minister fouad siniora. they cross the border every day the syrian refugees escaping the chaos of war in their land. filling up homes and tent camps stranded and separated from their families lebanon promised to keep the border open for whoever runs from the war but struggles to feed and keep warm the needy while lacking a plan for their future. how strong is lebanon's helping hand how far will it breach how committed is beirut to its neighbor. what's in there as ink you very much for being with r.t. today thank you for coming in so we're actually witnessing a resurgence of sectarian violence here in beirut do you think that lebannon is there a chance that lebanon can remain neutral in its position towards the syrian civil war. on the. way the. resistance of the lebanese resistance. accepting that country will be dragged into any type of confrontation among the this components to the contrary i think there is a great deed of. positions among the lebanese that they want to live together they want to really c