Addressing people in a speech marking a week since the killing of the movement's military commander, Hatem Hamade, in Syria, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah dispelled illusions about Hezbollah forces’ withdrawing from Syria, stressing that the fighters will leave Syria only after they have defeated Takfiri terrorists there.
""Our choice of going to Syria was very well studied after observing the regional developments that began in Tunisia and reached Syria," he said, adding, "Time has revealed that the battle in Syria is aimed at making existential changes on the ground as well as to the political map of the region.""
“We will continue this battle until the end, and we are proud of our martyrs in Syria, and whoever bargains on our tiredness will lose,” he said, emphasizing that the security “we are living in now is not the outcome of agreements or mere prayers," but it is the outcome of efforts made by martyrs and their blood.
Nasrallah pointed out that Hezbollah fighters were not ordered by any third party to play a role in Syria, but rather entered the neighboring country following a comprehensive and extensive analysis.
The Hezbollah leader stated that the ongoing foreign-backed militancy in Syria is not simply aimed at toppling the incumbent Damascus government, but rather meant to make changes to demographic map and borders of the region in order to uproot certain groups of people.
The Hezbollah secretary general further condemned Saudi Arabia as the country actively supporting and financing the ISIS Takfiri terrorists group.
He added that leaded private emails related to former US secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, attest to the fact that Saudi Arabia and US were behind forming ISIS group.
Nasrallah also condemned the inaction and passivity of international human rights bodies toward crimes being perpetrated by ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria, noting that despite hundreds and thousands of people have been either beheaded or killed in other ways by this group, world rights bodies maintain their silence toward its crimes.
Yemen Blockade Threatening over 20 Million People
Turning to the Saudi-led coalitions’ aerial and naval blockade of Yemen, Nasrallah stated that the restrictive measures adopted by Riyadh toward its impoverished southern neighbor have affected the lives of more than 20 million people.
Nasrallah also took to task international organizations for their failure to adopt any decisive measure to end Saudi Arabia’s brutal embargo on the Yemeni people.
All Iraqis Fighting ISIS to Liberate Mosul
Elsewhere in his speech, the Hezbollah secretary general said that people from all walks of life are currently fighting the ISIS Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, and dozens or even hundreds of people are sacrificing their lives in order to liberate the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS terrorists.
"“Unfortunately, what Daesh is doing is under the name of [Prophet] Mohammad (PBUH). They want to throw this name, which has always shined in this world with glory, into darkness of Daesh,” Nasrallah said, adding that committing crimes under the name of Islam and its prophet is a deliberated and preplanned act by ISIS."
The secretary general of Hezbollah also slammed Turkish authorities’ for their effort to pave the way for Turkish military to play a role in the operation for the liberation of Mosul, saying that they have a greedy eye on that area of the Iraqi territory, Press TV reported.
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