Hezbollah Leader 'Will Not Let Syria Fall'
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said that "Syria has real friends in the region, and the world will not let Syria fall into the hands of America, Israel or [radical Islamist] groups," reports Ali Hashem from Beirut.
"Hezbollah is giving a hand in Syria," said the group's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, in his televised appearance on Tuesday. The speech came only days after Nasrallah met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, and less than a month since he met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.
Nasrallah's speech was almost an identical copy of what Al-Monitor quoted from sources close to Hezbollah last week on the group's role in neighboring Syria. It was a cocktail of warnings, revelations and political stances, with two main ingredients: Syria and Israel.
"Syria has real friends in the region, and the world will not let Syria fall into the hands of America, Israel or takfiri [radical islamist] groups," he said. This might be Nasrallah's most important line in the speech, appearing to be a clear statement that a new chapter in the Syrian crisis has started.
In this regard, he addressed the Syrian opposition, calling on them not to think of taking Damascus or toppling the regime.
