Lebanese majority leader Walid Jumblat called Monday for confronting and toppling the Syrian regime which he described as "the first title for terror".

Jumblat, also leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, made the call in an editorial of his party's weekly magazine to be issued Tuesday.

"Everyone knows that the Syrian regime is hindering the solution of the Lebanese crisis", said Jumblat, adding that the only objective of Syrian regime is to "practise programmed sabotage" in neighboring states.

In addition, he described the Damascus summit held on March 29-30 as "dim that lack political vision".

The 20th Arab summit was staged in Syrian capital of Damascus. The Lebanese cabinet boycotted the summit and urged Arabs to tackle the deteriorating Lebanese-Syrian relations.

Relations between Syria and the ruling majority coalition in Lebanon have been deteriorating since the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005.

The Lebanese majority bloc has accused Syria of being responsible for the Hariri assassination, which forced Syria to pull out its troops from Lebanon after 29-years military presence. But Damascus has repeatedly denied the accusation.

(Xinhua News Agency April 1, 2008)