In a new episode of the program Point of View on Spot Shot, aired on December 24, 2025, the head of the Arab Unity Party, Wiam Wahhab, launched a series of escalatory positions on Syria, Lebanon, and the region. These ranged from “secret documents” he said he obtained from inside Damascus, to security and political warnings regarding the Syrian coast and Sweida, culminating in a direct accusation against the security services of Syria’s new administration of being behind an assassination in Lebanon, and a call for “immediate” diplomatic steps.
Wahhab explained that his decision to open the “Abu Omar” file was not driven by polemics or sensationalism, but rather by what he described as serious attempts to “wrap up” and bury the case. He said that taking the issue to the media was meant to prevent it from being politically buried, arguing that what occurred reflects a level of “pettiness” in the Lebanese political scene. He went so far as to say that he is considering calling for the release of “Abu Omar,” using sarcastic language that nonetheless carried a direct accusation against those who tried to contain the file away from the spotlight.
In a related context, Wahhab revealed that he possesses around one hundred documents, which he said are minutes of meetings obtained from inside Syria, and confirmed that he will disclose them gradually in the coming period. He noted that among these documents is a record of a meeting that brought together Imam Musa al-Sadr and the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad in the presence of Yasser Arafat, in addition to other archival records related to Lebanese officials. He described their content as “shocking,” saying it exposes the nature of political relationships in past phases.
Wahhab issued a direct appeal to the Saudi leadership, calling for a correction of relations with Lebanon’s Sunnis, and stressing that a dispute with a specific political figure—an implicit reference to Saad Hariri—does not justify “erasing” a fundamental component of the Lebanese equation. He argued that Hariri remains among the most rational political figures compared to many of today’s forces, and admitted to a mistake he made in 2006 when he failed to seize a Saudi opening toward him at the time. He added that he has no objection to meeting the Saudi crown prince and openly requested a “Hajj visa,” a symbolic gesture carrying both political and religious dimensions.
On the regional level, Wahhab warned that the course of the war in Yemen could lead to a long-term rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and might open the door to more complex scenarios, including the possibility of deepening Saudi-Iranian rapprochement. At the same time, he openly declared his affection for the Al Nahyan family, describing Mohammed bin Zayed as possessing superior political intelligence, and linking common ground with the UAE to what he called a shared hostility toward political Islam, which he described in harsh terms.
The most dangerous point in the interview came with Wahhab’s direct accusation that the security services of Ahmad al-Sharaa were behind the assassination of the Sunni Syrian youth Ghassan al-Tarmah inside Lebanese territory. He said that if this were proven, it would require an immediate severing of relations with Syria, calling on Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji to take official action by sending a clear letter of condemnation to the Syrian Foreign Ministry. He also warned that allowing Syrian security agencies to operate inside Lebanon without a response could push people, in his words, to arm themselves for self-protection, opening the door to serious security chaos.
Regarding Syria, Wahhab stressed that the country has not yet entered a phase of stability, arguing that what happened in Palmyra reopened a wide debate within the United States and was described in American circles as a “mini-9/11.” He spoke of emerging international tracks related to the Syrian coast and Sweida, while warning at the same time that the federalization project has become an established reality, and that the region could be heading toward more than one Sunni entity—one in Aleppo and Hama, and another in Damascus and Homs—if a broad internal dialogue is not launched before the borders of these federal entities are cemented.
Wahhab also revealed that the file of southern Syria will be on the table at an anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the 29th of the month, during which the issue of a geographical extension from southern Syria toward Naqoura may be raised. In this context, he revived the idea of establishing an economic zone in southern Lebanon, between the Awali and Litani rivers, considering it a potential gateway to development and stability. He added that if this proposal is not accepted in Lebanon, “then let it be applied in Sweida,” speaking of potential economic leaps that could raise income levels to unprecedented figures.
Wahhab concluded with an explicit call for opening a U.S.–Hezbollah dialogue, warning that the alternative would be a wide regional catastrophe. He said that Washington, in his view, has no option but to negotiate with the strongest force on the ground, questioning why a direct meeting has not taken place between MP Mohammad Raad and U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa, in light of what he described as changing rules of the game in the region.
