Nasrallah calls for regional action against US military
The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, called for expelling US troops from the region in response to the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, adding that US military assets will be targeted.
Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has called for the ouster of US forces from the region in response to the assassinations of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and the deputy head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Soleimani and Muhandis were killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3.
In a Jan. 5 speech commemorating the death of the two men, Nasrallah said that putting an end to the US troop presence in the region was the appropriate retaliation. He further called for attacks on US military assets as a means to achieve the goal of the expulsion of US forces.
“Fair punishment is (aimed at) the American military presence in the region: American military bases, American naval ships, every American officer and soldier in our countries and region,” Nasrallah said.
