Nasrallah on Syria: 'This Battle Is Ours'
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declares war on Salafist groups and calls for "political dialogue" in Syria.
This Sunday [May 26] in Beirut’s southern suburb, Hezbollah’s stronghold, wasn’t like any other Sunday. Less than 24 hours after the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah announced it's officially their war in Syria, two Katyusha rockets landed in the area, wounding five Syrian nationals working there. It’s only the beginning, many here admit, “We are behind Hezbollah ... Katyushas won’t scare us,” said a man who lives a few meters away from where the rocket hit.
Lebanese authorities said three rockets were launched from Mount Lebanon, two landed in the capital’s southern suburb and the third just a few meters from the launching site.
It’s a turning point in the war, just as Nasrallah’s speech was on Saturday [May 25]. Both Syria and Lebanon are ridding themselves of what used to be borders and uniting themselves under the flag of war.
"We will continue along the road, bear the responsibilities and the sacrifices. This battle is ours, and I promise you victory," said Nasrallah, who was addressing thousands of his supporters in the Liberation Day ceremony, the 13th anniversary of Israel’s unconditional withdrawal from south Lebanon. Nasrallah said his war is with the extremists, “takfiris” as he named them. "What future do you expect in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine with the presence of these takfiris?”
