"We are witnessing a new Nakba," Nasrallah said in a televised address on Saturday.

"The Nakba of the Takfiri militants was first brought to the region by the British Zionist project, now it is the American Takfiri Zionist project, and America is using this to weaken the Ummah and tear it apart and to seize control of its capabilities," he added.

"victory" in Qalamoun

Nasrallah praised the "victory" in Qalamoun as a major achievement for Lebanon, Syria, and the entire region.

The battles there took place from "hilltop to hilltop and from valley to valley," he added.

Hezbollah, the Syrian army, and Syrian volunteer forces, as well as the locals in Qalamoun helped fighting the terrorists in the strategic area, he noted.

Referring to the major difficulties in the battle for Qalamoun, he said the high mountains and hills inside the area made the mop-up operation very difficult.

A total of around 300 square kilometers of the Syrian and Lebanese territory was retaken from the militants and some of their operation centers were also destroyed, Nasrallah added.

"The highest level of security was achieved for Syrian villages in Qalamoun and the same goes for Damascus-Homs road," he said, adding; however, that as long as the militants are present in border areas, such as in Arsal outskirts and some parts of Qalamoun, there would be risks.

Hezbollah fighters have cut off the supply lines of the militants from Lebanon to Syria

Nasrallah said Hezbollah fighters have cut off the supply lines of the militants from Lebanon to Syria.

He further described attempts by certain entities to pit Hezbollah against the Lebanese army as "foolish".

The secretary general also criticized some Arab media for waging what he referred to as psychological warfare against Hezbollah. He added the media has overplayed the number of Hezbollah’s casualties.

"There have been thirteen Hezbollah martyrs in the battle so far," he stated.

Nasrallah also stressed that the media was trying to portray the Takfiri militants as revolutionaries while they are in fact terrorists.

Since the most recent Syria-Hezbollah joint operations about nearly two weeks ago, al-Nusra Front Takfiri militants had been using Qalamoun mountainous region for transferring weapons and reinforcements from Lebanon into Syria, where they have been engaged in terrorism operations against the government.

Saudi military campaign has failed to achieve any of its goals in Yemen

Turning to Yemen, he called for the condemnation of the US-backed Saudi aggression against the impoverished country.

He said the Saudi military campaign has failed to achieve any of its goals, saying Riyadh has gained nothing but "failure after failure."

"This aggression won’t achieve its goals.... and it has failed in achieving its goals," he said.

World mum on rights violations in Bahrain

Touching upon the developments about the popular uprising in Bahrain, he slammed the violation of human rights in the Persian Gulf kingdom, saying that the people of Bahrain are facing torture and prison for their peaceful upraising.

"The situation in the prisons in Bahrain is very difficult, it’s not just against the most basic human rights and something awful is taking place... in light of international silence," the secretary general added.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

So far, tens of protesters have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured.

Power vacuum in Lebanon has reached a dangerous point

On the future presidential election in Lebanon, Nasrallah said the power vacuum has reached a dangerous point, urging the Lebanese people not to pin their hopes on foreigners to make decisions for them in this regard.

"Take these matters very seriously, it’s very important and sensitive, discuss the ways out and raise solutions for the power vacuum," he said.

The power vacuum is considered the longest since 1990, which marked the end of Lebanon's civil war.

In Lebanon’s power-sharing system, the president must be a Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speaker a Shiite Muslim.

Any presidential candidate would have to receive the backing of the two main political blocs, the March 8 alliance and the rival March 14 alliance, to win the necessary majority from the legislature’s 128 members.

SOURCE: FNA