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Nasrallah: Imperial Ambitions Have Fallen Apart in Aleppo and Saudi Project Will be Defeated in Region

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday lashed out anew at Saudi Arabia, accusing it of rejecting dialogue in the region and stressing that its regional “project” will be “defeated.”

“Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia is insisting on continuing the wars in all arenas and rejecting all the extended hands. Those who have offered dialogue in Yemen have been asked to surrender, in Bahrain they have been asked to eliminate themselves, while in Syria preconditions are being demanded. The war is also continuing against Iran... seeing as Saudi Arabia is only launching dialogue with the Israelis,” said Nasrallah in a televised speech commemorating late Hizbullah official Ismail Zahri.

“Meanwhile, Iran is everyday calling for dialogue and negotiations, but the war and attacks in Yemen are continuing... and in Syria the Saudi Wahhabist culture of Daesh (Islamic State group), al-Qaida and al-Nusra (Front) is the same, even if the latter changes its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Reconciliation is not being given a chance,” Nasrallah lamented.

“The Saudi foreign minister has appointed himself as a custodian and governor of the Syrian people and the proposal he made to Russia by offering it a share in the region is laughable. We tell the Saudis that they cannot win this war or impose their conditions,” he went on to say.

Turning to the latest developments in the key northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Nasrallah cited the latest advances that regime forces and their allies have made in and around the city.

“What happened in Aleppo is highly important and has an impact on the regional equations. Imperial ambitions have fallen apart in Aleppo in the face of the perseverance of the resistance and the people,” Hizbullah's chief boasted, suggesting that rebel forces there are backed by Riyadh.

Regime forces and allied militants have recently cut off the opposition's last supply route into the northern city and residents have reported food shortages and spiraling prices in rebel districts. Losing Aleppo would be a major blow for the armed opposition and could signal a turning point in Syria's five-year-old conflict, analysts say.

Continuing his verbal assault on Saudi Arabia, Nasrallah added: “Those who slaughtered the priest in the (French) church belonged to Daesh but they carried your culture. Those who carried out massacres in (France's) Nice and (Iraq's) Karrada and those who slaughtered the Palestinian child (in Syria) believe in this takfiri, Wahhabist ideology.”

“Your project has no future and Saudi Arabia and its rulers have a chance to contain the situation. The Yemenis, Bahrainis, Syrians, Iranians and Iraqis are ready to negotiate. Do not be arrogant and do not be blinded by malice. You should rather be partners in addressing the situations in the region,” added Nasrallah.

“If you insist on the continuation of wars, you will be defeated. The project of the House of Saud will be defeated and disgraced... All indications in all arenas suggest that the region is taking this course,” he said.

Turning to the Lebanese affairs, Nasrallah called on the government to “take a stance over what is happening in the Ghajar village.”

“Israel is imposing its hegemony over a Lebanese town and no one is addressing the issue. The Israelis admit that it is Lebanese territory and so does the U.N.,” he said.

An Israeli news website had recently revealed that Israeli authorities have informed the residents of the Lebanese part of the occupied village that Israeli construction laws would soon be imposed on the entire village.

Source: Naharnet


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