EIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called on Eastern and Western states to stop funding terrorism Sunday, urging them to stop sending militants to battle in Iraq and Syria.

Rai renewed his appeal to the international community to stop providing terrorist organizations with money and weapons.

The patriarch also urged states to stop “sending mercenaries to demolish, murder and displace” innocent citizens in Syria and Iraq. 

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