Syria's banned Muslim Brotherhood warned against the possible spread of factional violence from Lebanon to neighboring states and urged the Emir of Qatar to "protect" Lebanon's Sunni community.

The group's spokesman Zuhair Salem said "factional events currently underway in Lebanon are the spark that wise (people) should realize that it can spread to neighboring states."

"We do not favor vengeance policies and we do not like to speak of civil war in Syria and we strongly hope to be able to avert them." Salem added in an interview with a wire service that was published by the daily al-Mustaqbal on Tuesday.

However, he warned that "No one would be able to extinguish such fire once started."

The Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, according to Salem, is urged to "shoulder his responsibilities by following up implementation f the Doha Accord so that his allies in Syria and within Hizbullah abide by the Doha decisions and protect the Sunni community in Lebanon."

Sheik Hamad, Salem added, had "initiated the reconciliation between the majority and opposition through the Doha Accord. He should restore the balance after blocking the gap that existed in the presidency's fence and opened a gap in the fence of the Sunni existence in Lebanon."

The Muslim Brotherhood believes that the Doha Accord allowed Hizbullah to "emerge victorious and to practice this victory by blocking formation of the new cabinet of national unity. Lebanon had suffered from the absence of a president and now suffers from the absence of a cabinet."