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Hezbollah will carry on backing Bashar al-Assad, says leader Nasrallah
Source: The Guardian
Hezbollah will carry on backing Bashar al-Assad, says leader Nasrallah
Ian Black, Middle East editor
theguardian.com, Thursday 14 November 2013 15.42 GMT
Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, has vowed to keep his forces in Syria as long as necessary to support of the president, Bashar al-Assad.
In a rare public appearance in Beirut's southern suburbs, Nasrallah told supporters on Thursday that Hezbollah was defending Syria which in turn supported "the resistance" against Israel.
"Our presence there is justified," he said as hundreds of thousands of people marked the Shia festival of Ashoura.
Nasrallah usually speaks only via video link for fear of assassination by Israel, but for a second day running he appeared in public flanked by armed bodyguards – likely testimony to the importance of the occasion and to his defiant message.
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Ian Black, Middle East editor
theguardian.com, Thursday 14 November 2013 15.42 GMT
Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, has vowed to keep his forces in Syria as long as necessary to support of the president, Bashar al-Assad.
In a rare public appearance in Beirut's southern suburbs, Nasrallah told supporters on Thursday that Hezbollah was defending Syria which in turn supported "the resistance" against Israel.
"Our presence there is justified," he said as hundreds of thousands of people marked the Shia festival of Ashoura.
Nasrallah usually speaks only via video link for fear of assassination by Israel, but for a second day running he appeared in public flanked by armed bodyguards – likely testimony to the importance of the occasion and to his defiant message.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/14/hezbollah-assad-syria-nasrallah-lebanon
