Abu Faour: Hizbullah's Stances Have Become an Unbearable Burden

MP Wael Abu Faour of the Progressive Socialist Party announced Tuesday that “Hizbullah’s stances and regional policies have become an unbearable burden for Lebanon,” hours after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah launched a blistering attack on Saudi Arabia and its monarch.

“Insulting Saudi Arabia, its leadership and Lebanon’s Arab ties is no longer an occasional stance… It is clear that it has become a premeditated policy aimed at destroying these ties and plunging Lebanon into the Iranian trap,” Abu Faour said.

He accordingly criticized Hizbullah for “taking the country hostage to matters that have nothing to do with Lebanon’s belonging, interest or ability.”

“It is clear that the promised defense strategy is no longer limited to Lebanese soil and logic requires that it include Hizbullah’s policies in the region,” the lawmaker added.

Nasrallah verbally attacked Saudi King Salman in his speech on Monday, saying Riyadh helped spread extremist ideology worldwide and is taking the thousands of Lebanese who work in the Gulf region "hostage."

Nasrallah's statements during a televised speech came in response to comments by King Salman, who called on the Lebanese in a speech last week "to end the terrorist Hizbullah's control" of Lebanon.

The comments come as Lebanese authorities are trying to mend relations with Saudi Arabia that hit a new low in October when the kingdom recalled its ambassador from Beirut and banned all Lebanese imports. The Saudi move followed comments by a Lebanese Cabinet minister who said in a televised interview that the war in Yemen was futile and called it an aggression by the Saudi-led coalition.