MP says new Syria dangerous but Hezbollah 'draws strength from God, people'

MP Hassan Fadlallah announced Monday that “what’s happening in Syria is a major, dangerous and new transformation,” in the first comments by a Hezbollah official on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime at the hands of Islamist-led rebels.

“As to why it happened, that needs an evaluation, but the evaluation will not take place on podiums,” Fadlallah added.

“Regardless of everything that has happened in Syria, some have started to talk about its impact on Lebanon, the resistance and Hezbollah. Not to reassure but rather to state the truth, what happened is very big and no one can downplay its impact, but to us Hezbollah, the resistance and the people of the resistance, we draw our presence and strength from God Almighty and from our faith before anything else,” Fadallah said.

“We also draw our strength from our people … and the existence, presence, formations, capabilities and high competencies of the resistance, despite everything that has been inflicted on it in this war,” the MP added.

“As for Syria’s future situation, developments and domestic alliances and problems and what will happen later, we will leave that to when it happens and we won’t rush in judging things,” Fadlallah went on to say.

“We know how to protect our country, face the challenges and overcome difficulties, no matter what they are. We passed through harder and more bitter experiences in our history and we overcame them,” the lawmaker reassured.