Sayyed Nasrallah: War on Yemen US Project Implemented by Saudi Arabia

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah described the devastating Saudi-led military aggression against Yemen as a US project, emphasizing that the Riyadh regime is simply playing out Washington’s scenarios in the country.

“The one who bears responsibility for the killing, massacres and destruction in Yemen is America, while Saudi Arabia is a tool for the Americans,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Monday evening.

He made the remarks while addressing a ceremony held in Beirut to commemorate the second anniversary of the assassination of Gen. Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), and their companions in a US drone strike authorized by former President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.

Before getting into the topic of the occasion, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed Hezbollah’s keenness to preserve ties with the party’s local allies, responding to allegations circulated by some media outlets that the relation between Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has worsened over recent developments in Lebanon.

“We stress on the importance of dialogue between Lebanese people. We are keen on our allies and friends and open to developing ties,” Sayyed Nasrallah addressed attendees of the ceremony held in Beirut’s southern suburb, Dahiyeh.

Talking about the occasion, Sayyed Nasrallah noted that the repercussions of assassinating Gen. Suleimani and Al-Muhandis are still standing, stressing that marking their martyrdom anniversary shows some gratitude to their souls.

Sayyed Nasrallah said that the top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani helped create a resistance front in Iraq and neighboring Syria against the presence of American occupation forces.

“The presence of US forces in the region has brought about nothing other than destruction, bloodshed and displacement,” he said, stating that the targeted killings of the two exemplary anti-terror commanders had severe repercussions for the entire Middle East.

He highlighted that Gen. Soleimani and Muhandis made great grounds across the region, adding that all can draw valuable lessons from their martyrdom.

“Our countries must take a firm stance towards the killer and the martyr. Iraq must take a clear position. The United States occupied Iraq for many years, massacred Iraqi people and looted the country’s natural resources. It was Washington that created the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, and it, therefore, bears complete responsibility for the extremists’ crimes and acts of terror,” Sayyed Nasrallah said.

While the US ruined Iraq through creation and full support of Daesh, the Hezbollah chief said, the Islamic Republic of Iran defended the Iraqi nation in the face of the terrorists.

“Given the horrendous crimes it has committed in the country, the US cannot be trusted and viewed as a friend of Iraq,” Nasrallah pointed out.

He said the General Intelligence Presidency (GIP), which is Saudi Arabia’s primary intelligence agency, had for years dispatched bombers to Iraq to carry out terrorist attacks, and the Riyadh regime officially welcomed the advance of Daesh Takfiris and occupation of large swathes of Iraqi territories in June 2014.

“The US and Saudi Arabia played major roles in the massacre of Iraqi people. Iran, on the other hand, had been a staunch defender of the nation,” the Hezbollah leader stressed.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Nasrallah said Palestinian territories have been occupied for decades, lambasting some Arab states for signing normalization agreements with the Tel Aviv regime whilst millions of Palestinians are living under Israel’s occupation.

“Washington is responsible for all the crimes that Israel has perpetrated against Palestinians and the Lebanese nation. The US and Israel have killed many Palestinians, while the nation’s supporters, Gen. Soleimani in particular, have sacrificed their lives,” he said.

The Hezbollah chief noted that the Israeli regime continues to threaten Lebanon and Palestine, saying, “The US cannot be considered a friend of Middle Eastern nations since it actively supports their main enemy, which is Israel.”

“The US destroyed Syria, waged an all-out war on the country, and left Syrians unprotected in order to face slow and gradual death. This is while Gen. Soleimani and Muhandis confronted US’ fiendish plots in Syria,” he said.

“The United States makes wars in the region in order to plunder our resources. Gen. Soleimani was there to alter equations and defeat enemies,” the Hezbollah secretary general said.

Sayyed Nasrallah said expulsion of US forces from the region will be the ultimate revenge for the assassination of Gen. Soleimani and Muhandis, underscoring that the Baghdad government and Iraqi nation are fully responsible for the removal of the occupation troops from the Iraqi soil.

“American forces will be finally driven out of the region. The US cannot be viewed as a great example given the substantial level of its domestic problems. The blood of martyred resistance and anti-terror fighters attests to the fact that Washington is the root cause of all problems in our region.

“As long as US forces are present in the region, there will be more occupation, aggression and oppression,” he said.

Sayyed Nasrallah also denounced Saudi Arabia’s hostile stances against his group, stating that the House of Saud is disseminating the Takfiri terrorist ideology across the Middle East and around the globe.

“Saudi Arabia is taking Lebanon hostage in order to threaten the Beirut government and the Lebanese people. It is fiercely opposed to anyone who has fought or is fighting terrorists in Iraq and Syria,” the Hezbollah leader said.

In this context, Sayyed Nasrallah commented on remarks made by Saudi King Salman, who described Hezbollah as a “terrorist organization.”

“The terrorist is the one who sent thousands of Takfiri Saudis to Syria and Iraq. On the other hand, Hezbollah proudly defended the region against those conspirators.”

“The terrorist is the one who takes thousands of Lebanese nationals in Gulf states hostages and threatens to expel them on daily basis.”

“The resignation of a Lebanese minister won’t change the Saudi stance towards Lebanon since its problem is with the sides who foiled its scheme,” Sayyed Nasrallah said, referring to pressures exerted on former Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi to resign over remarks he made on the Saudi war on Yemen.

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