Hizbullah Official: Party's Interference in Syria Prevented Regime's Collapse
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A Hizbullah official stated on Thursday that if it weren't for the party's interference in the Syrian war, the Damascus regime would have “certainly collapsed.”
"(Syrian President Bashar) Assad' regime would have collapsed in two hours if Hizbullah forces had not intervened in the fighting,” a party official told UK's The Times magazine.
He added: “Hizbullah decided that the Syrian regime's falling in the hands of the revolutionaries is not acceptable, because it would have become surrounded by enemies.”
The official also revealed that Syria's army is “following the war plans set by Hizbullah fighters.”
But when it comes to bombings and air raids, the party is only helping the regime whenever required, while the leadership and commands in these matters are in the hands of the neighboring country's forces, according to the official.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reiterated on Thursday that his party's fighters will not withdraw from Syria.
"We have said on several occasions that the presence of our soldiers on Syrian soil is to defend... Syria, which supports the resistance" against Israel, Nasrallah said in a speech he gave on the occasion of Ashura.
"So long as that reason exists, our presence there is justified.”
14 November 2013, 17:09
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Unlike Westners, Hizbullah "officials" are not in the habit to remain "unnamed". So who is the official who made such outlandish claims? Or did it exhist just in the dreams of The Times magazine? or Naharnet Newsdesk?
14 November 2013, 19:57
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I suggest we be sipping an ice cold lager on the corniche @ Raouché during payback time. I wonder if we'll be hearing the screams from there ;-)
15 November 2013, 10:06
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yaret abass, but the millions of people nasrallah forced into exile are taking regular lebanese jobs. I'm not going to drive a taxi for 1000 L.L. / day.
14 November 2013, 23:12
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Turkey will never accept a Kurdish state, Saudi will never accept an aliwite state, Iran will never accept a salafi state, Israel will never accept a pro-Iranian state, Russia will never accept a pro-American sate, America will never accept a pro-Russian state. Lol
China, meanwhile, is slowly taking over the world.
15 November 2013, 01:08
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This is one of Hezbollahs biggest misscalculations. If they would have supported the revolution, the Syrian people would not have hated Hezbollah, so as the new syrian regime. At the contrary hezb. was quite popular in Syria before the revolution.
Now, Hezb. finds themselves together with an isolated regime blood on their hands. They will never be forgiven.
The end of the resistance myth.
15 November 2013, 04:15
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utalktoyourself. stop talking to yourself and try talking to smart folks for change, it will do you good.
15 November 2013, 05:14
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go ahead oh fighters kill all those Saudi terrorist without any mercy.
15 November 2013, 08:57
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What will happen when even the regular army will revolt against Hizbo????
15 November 2013, 09:22
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I have a question for naharnet:
will you/are you developing an app for IOS/Android?
when opened on my tablet, the page looks weird, I must scroll down to the bottom and click 'full version' in order to get the usual display with access to the comment section.
thank-you
15 November 2013, 10:10
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yes it is very funny. You really need to be the most popular clown to make that many unrelated arguments in one post.
15 November 2013, 10:28
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@min-canada yes it is very funny. You really need to be the most popular clown to make that many unrelated arguments in one post.
15 November 2013, 13:29
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YEs i think the statement is false. The article is probably based on a fake statement. No official in Hezbollah would think that, let alone say that.
