Nasrallah: Abdullah Azzam Brigades Linked to Saudi Intelligence, Our Presence in Syria is Modest
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the deadly bombings that targeted the Iranian embassy in southern Beirut, denying that large numbers of Hizbullah fighters were killed in the Syrian war.
“We believe the statement in which the Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack on the Iranian embassy, because it is a well-known group and its emir is Saudi and it is linked to the Saudi intelligence,” Nasrallah stated in an interview on OTV.
He elaborated: “The Iranian embassy bombing has to do with targeting Iran by those who consider it to be an enemy since 1979 and by those who teach at their institutes that it is an enemy.”
“The bombing has to do with the Saudi anger against Iran in the region.”
At least 25 people were killed and 150 wounded in twin suicide blasts that targeted the Iranian embassy in the Hizbullah stronghold of Bir Hassan on November 19.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the bombings, according to the Twitter page of a cleric linked to the group.
"The Abdullah Azzam brigades -- the Hussein bin Ali cells -- are behind the attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut," Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the group's religious guide, posted on Twitter.
Nasrallah denied during the interview reports saying huge numbers of Hizbullah fighters were involved in the Syrian war, stressing that the party has “very modest presence there.”
“We are not fighting on behalf of the Syrians,” he stated.
“There is not a single Hizbullah fighter in (the Syrian regions of) Daraa, Deir Ezzor, al-Raqqa, Hasakeh, Idlib, Latakia or Tartus. We have a limited presence in Homs and Damascus near the (Lebanese) border.”
He added: “Also, claims that we have lost 350 or 500 or 1,000 fighters in Eastern Ghouta are wishful thinking and there is not a single Hizbullah captive in Syria today and some bodies of martyrs are still missing.”
He detailed the early stages of Hizbullah's intervention in the Syrian war, noting that the fighters were not “immediately sent” to the neighboring country.
He explained: “We took gradual steps, which began in the towns inhabited by Lebanese residents in (the Syrian border region of) Qusayr. When the Syrian army retreated from these towns, the residents sought our help because shameful things had happened there. They had two options: the displacement of 30,000 people or defending their areas.”
“I must note that the Lebanese government did not offer any help,” Nasrallah added.
“Had it not been for Hizbullah's intervention in Qusayr's countryside, the armed groups would have invaded all these towns, but we went there and ended the battle,” he said.
Nasrallah continued: “The issue of the Sayyeda Zainab shrine obliged us to interfere in a minor manner in the battles in Damascus' countryside. We only sent 40 or 50 young men to help defend the shrine there.”
“And as time progressed, we had to increase the numbers (of fighters in Damascus) ahead of the major intervention in Qusayr.”
He also noted that entering Qusayr was not based on an Iranian decision.
“We took the decision and informed the Iranians of it,” he assured.
Turning to the issue of the stalled cabinet formation process, Nasrallah again underlined that “the 6-9-9 formula is the acceptable formula for the cabinet because it reserves everyone's rights."
"The majority of parties were with the 6-9-9 formula but Saudi Arabia ordered them not to form a cabinet," he added.
"We accepted a premier that they themselves nominated, so how can they accuse us of seeking political vacuum?" Nasrallah went on to say.
On the issue of the upcoming presidential election, Nasrallah said: "We are with holding the presidential election on time and let the parliament convene and elect a president and we are ready to contribute to the success of this juncture."
"Our camp must meet to discuss how to deal with this juncture and I believe that our camp must nominate a clear candidate for the presidency," he added.
Nasrallah also said that Hizbullah is willing to engage in national dialogue with the rival camp. "We always support the convention of the dialogue table and we are willing to sit with anyone and we believe that severing ties with anyone is not useful," he said.
Separately, Tuesday's interview kicked off with a discussion over the newly reached accord between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program.
Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers held historic talks last month in Geneva, which culminated in the landmark agreement elusive for the past decade in freezing parts of Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for limited sanctions relief.
“According to the information I have, the Americans wanted to discuss other issues with Iran, and throughout history, the U.S. has always tried to discuss all issues as one package but the Iranians have always preferred to discuss one dossier at a time,” Nasrallah said on the negotiations.
Nasrallah stated that the first result of the agreement was lowering the possibility of war.
“The agreement has very important consequences and the first winner is people in the region, from the Gulf to the Middle East, because regional and international forces were pushing for the choice of war with Iran,” he said.
In a related matter, Hizbullah's leader accused Gulf countries of “antagonizing Iran.”
“But Iran has always been ready to engage in dialogue,” he expressed.
“I believe that there is a real problem with Saudi Arabia because all the attempts to open the door of dialogue have failed and the Saudis are the ones who are closing the doors.
Nasrallah elaborated: “If you monitor all the Saudi-financed media outlets, KSA's war against Iran has never stopped. Saudi Arabia waged wars against the Iranians in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Gulf, Iraq and Syria, and of course through its proxies, because it does not dare to wage a direct war.”
“Saudi Arabia's problem with Iran is not of a sectarian nature, because it had problems with several Arab countries, and these countries are Sunni, not Shiite.”
He also noted that Saudi Arabia's war on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is a “political war.”
“KSA wants to be the leader of the Muslim world and it does not accept any partners,” Nasrallah considered.
On Hizbullah's relation with Qatar, Nasrallah revealed that communication was not suspended with the Gulf country despite being at odds on several political issues.
He added: “We have met with a Qatari delegation in the past few days and we're still in a disagreement over Syria but we were not seeking problems with anyone, not even with Saudi Arabia.”
He continued: “We told the Qatari envoy that the military choice in Syria is futile and the attempt to oust (Syrian President Bashar) Assad militarily is an act of madness, that's why I call on all countries to contribute towards finding a political solution. We also spoke of neutralizing Lebanon in the Syrian crisis.”
“Qatar is reevaluating all its stances in the region,” Nasrallah pointed out.
Shia pretending to be christian.
lol, do you ever get tired of the same damn rhetoric? face the facts bro, you picked the wrong side and they lost. One world free of wars and crazy religious fanatics such as those in Saudi and your leaders.
Syria, Iran, Hezbollah all their leaders are my leaders aswell ;) All of them Resistance forever :))
Go back to Afghanistan you Salafist terrorist.
I'm confused, there is 2 karims?
is it not yours as well ?
he's tonto.... idiot. he's sooooooooooooo fake it's not even funny.
Mystic - your statement regarding who your leaders are tells me why Lebanon is doomed. If you are Lebanese, your loyalty should be to Lebanon and to its constitution. None of the entities you mention are democratic and none of their leaders believe in democracy.
Yeah, like he led you in 2006. Too bad you weren't one of the 1400 "martyrs" over whose corpses Hasan marched into "victory".
Nasrallah: Gulf countries have always antagonized Iran but Iran has always been ready to engage in dialogue. 20 minute
What a load of crap. Oh poor Iran. The victim if victims. They did not flex their muscles in Lebanon. Gaza. Yemen. Bahrain. Kuwait. Iraq. They are just a peace loving people who send flowers to non-state militias for them to shower their adversaries with petals of spring bloom. Hasoon should read the deals of the agreement with Iran concerning the nuclear file and see exactly how much Iran gave up so chicken can be on the menu again for the average Husain. This guy can take elephant dung and make it sound like braised lamb and baby potatoes that his followers will gobble up wholeheartedly and ask for seconds.
Victim of* victims.
arzak... You opened my appetite... You wrote your post during dinner time? :-)
Nasrallah: If you monitor all the Saudi-financed media outlets, the Saudi war against Iran has never stopped. The Saudis waged wars against the Iranians in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Gulf, Iraq and Syria, and of course through its proxies, because it does not dare to wage a direct war. 23 minutes
But what are the Iranians doing in those countries if they are do peaceful and respect the country's sovereignty.
Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia's war on the Muslim Brotherhood is a political war because it wants to be the leader of the Muslim world and it does not accept any partners
But but. Everyone of your followers on this site who speak like they have inside knowledge of back room politics claim KSA supports the mb?!?!
no they dont...qatar supports the mb...ksa supports the salafists.
Is this what is happening to Bachar's Syria now bigjohn. They set fires in Lebanon for 40 years and now they the Assad's are burning.
Check your facts. KSA NEVER gave the Egyptian mb billions. That was Qatar. Try again
I was expecting a different clAoun today ;)
"There would have been no problems in Lebanon had March 14's relation with Saudi Arabia been like our relation with Iran, because Iran does not interfere in our decisions at all, neither in the issue of cabinet nor in the other domestic issues. We don't ask Iran and we don't take its permission, while Saudi Arabia dictates to March 14."
Enough said. The M8 coalition work for Lebanon(and themselves.) M14 works for Saudi(and themselves.)
What about when he said that he does'nt think and use his head, he just consult the walifakir???
Consultation and taking orders are radically different. He also made no mention of your statement's first segment.
He follows wilayet al faqih. That means he takes orders from the supreme leader. Enough said.
This guy has become comical, how embarrassing for the Lebanese to have this guy on TV allegedly speaking for them, good entertainment value though!!!
1o1
Notice how He catered this speech for a christian audience since OTV is broadcasting it....
As usual, amazing hypocrisy. He blames M14 to be the puppet of KSA while it is him who is the employee of Iran...
He drags our country to war inviting takfiris in, then says that he is saving lebanon from Takfiris
But i got to hand it to him. He sounds so convincing that I got convinced there for a moment before i remembered who he was.
Now that the assadists are winning in syria, he wants to pretend that he is friend with everybody... even the turks... LMFAO
it is the same tactics used by the baath regime : set the fire then come and pretend to be the firefighter!
Khomeynists and syrian pseudo-secularist baath learnt from jews how to
lie. Abdullah ibn Saba was a jew.
after the dozens of coffins coming back for Base 80 in Aleppo, East Ghouta and Qalamoun, Nassy begging saudis to stop support FSA.
Only thing is saudis know khomeyni doctrine inside out, they know iranian plans of domination on the levant and the gulf.
This war will go on until Assad falls and Syrian chose themselves their leader...
Cedre. You dont understand. 99.99% of Syrians voted for assad in the last elections. Syrians even celebrate the "I love my dictator day". For Assad is a benevolent fair leader.
another entertaining speech by iranman... always a nice comedy show to watch! LOL
je suis malade, completement malade.... je parle de Dieu et de victoires divines, mais Dieu m'ordonne de me cacher toute l'annee parceque Dieu ne me protegera pas. Qui suis-je?
he suis un croisement de ouistiti et d'ayman zawahiri, qui suis-je?
"he party has “very modest presence there.”"
how hypocrit iranman is.. if "very modest" then why are you there? you pretend that a very modest presence is helping assad?
if very modest then why don't you OBEY "your" president and disassociate?
you are just an outlaw thug....
'Abdullah Azzam Brigades Linked to Saudi Intelligence' :
Qomi-style taqiya BS, Azzam B., Islamic Jihad, FPLF, Fath Islam linked to Syria and Iran.
It is time we sit and dialogue with the other side darlings of March 14. KSA is getting isolated and soon the cannibal terrorists will have their caliphate replacing the "King" himself. Now March 14 are you going to be with us or with the terrorists?
Are you the spokesman for the cannibals Mr M11?
You're obviously a March 14 cannibal but hiding shamefully behind M11 (which is by the way so childish -like the date of March 11 means something, but idiotic and consistent with m14 mentality). In any case the world had witnessed your terrorist allies in Syria eating human hearts,killing 15 year old boys, and beheading civilians. It's all there. Shoe proof of your allegations that you "saw" mr cannibal terrorist.
ksa is very isolated, only supported by hundred of millions from morocco to indonesia. Iran is support by shias khomeynists, alawites, pseudo-secularists, jews and Obama.
yeah it's true,,,, he's tinybrain.... he couldn't provide a good argument not 2 have them revoke it. wat a dooosh bag!
And you and the basij have executed Hariri and many others, stretching back to the early eighties. You created terrorism in Irak against Saddam, against the marines in Beirut in 1983 before Al Qaeda was even a mere concept ! You are a terrorist organisation with global reach, operating on the four corners of the globe. When the americans realise they have been cheated again by the basij and assad about their WMD, we'll see how your rethoric will change , you murderer. There's only one place for people like you, either behind bars, or hanging down a rope !
What national dress code is that you're wearing Nazzie ,its definately not Lebanese!
Dear Administrator,
Unfortunately you have mistranslated the following sentence:
“I believe that there is a real problem with Saudi Arabia because all the attempts to open the door of dialogue have failed and the Americans are the ones who are closing the doors.
Sayyed Nasrallah was talking on the Saudis who are closing the doors and not on the Americans.
Kindly correct it.
E. Rihani
Al-Manar English Website
was "talking on the Saudis"? What kinda of English is that? Al-Manar English Website:)))))
where is nusralla????? There's one more field he forgot to plow!!!! stop hiding nassy, come back! i must be read to sell the vegetables for xmas. stop playing silly games and begin plowing now!
qomi taqiya/brainwashing at his best, few mistakes among others :
-syrian, moroccan, GCC, egyptian,pakistan, senegal, ect.. helped KSA
- al saouds are salafis not wahabis or takfiris
-ur figures of political prisonners are BS hundreds of iranian sunnis are killed every year.
- KSA gave money to phalangists and MB LOL
- ect.. no time to answer everything
Hasouna is a sick person who either believes his own lies or thinks that his followers are not smart enough to tell reality from imagination. Remember when they first went into syria, he used to say that the fighters are goiing on their own to protect zeineb and later on hee is sending small groups to defend the borders and finally when death toll became so high , he admitted that they went to syria to save the regime and every time his blind followers believed him. Its really sad that shiites still act like sheep at least most of them. Their are some who freely think for themselvesx and oppose hassouna and his iranian agenda
jaja
They can enrich to a max of 5%. A far cry from their current 20%.
do u think he believes in love after love?
The Saudis want democracy what joke .. And there puppets want democracy .. This man is a true leader .. Stood up to the plate and is kicking takfiri behind ... Hizbullah is fighting the cristian fight as wall as everybody that doesn't submit to these filthy takfiri s .. 12 nuns kidnapped what a joke where are the men in the cristian community .. Isn't there anybody that is not scared of these beheading heart eating monsters .. They came for all over the world recruited .. Hizbullah was last to join the fight in Syria ... There were chechnians pakis afghanis Aussies British French Saudis ect .. Does jaja love the Wahhabis or there money
The REAL IRAN MAN is not going to fit in his bunker pretty soon :-)
What a load of BS… Nasrallah's speeches get more and more pathetic as time goes by.
He did make one accurate statement “We are not fighting on behalf of the Syrians”… of course not, you are fighting on behalf of your partner in crime Assad!
I like him when he speaks of international affairs, I really want to believe him especially when he speaks of deteriorating American military capabilities, I wonder if he has any idea about the stockpiles of nuclear heads thd US, or that it has 8 aircraft carriers (one of them can wipe iran of the map) why he sticks his nose in big things, what's the business of Lebanon in that?, what is Lebanon getting from trying to mess with the big players? Ahhh I forgot, holy Islamic resistance can win over any enemy
Well he is the de facto state!.
He is the de facto President, Prime minister and Foreign Minister all in one.
He is basically the Governor of Lebanon, elevated to his post by several factors:
1. A hopelessly corrupt and emasculated State.
2. The unquestioning support of his sect.
3. The true masters of Lebanon, which is the Iranian/Syrian alliance.
4. A fractured, dispirited and leaderless Christian front.
5. An decapitated opposition whose new leaders are neither competent nor inspiring.
vive la resistance !!
Nasrallah: The wars they fought have failed.
They have not failed, on the contrary, what they had planned would happen, did happen.
1- They have pitted the different sects against each other and renewed old rivalries.
2- They have instigated an arms race amongst the different waring countries to retrieve most of the petrodollars, hence stabilising their economise.
3- They have the whole Islamic world in turmoil against each other forgetting the Israeli conflict and Palastnian cause.
4- They have destroyed the infrusructure and economies of Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iran and Lebanon.
5- They have made sure that the unaffected Arab countries are aligned with at least one or more of these countries thus providing military assistance and aid to these devasted countries. Thus more petrodollars spent.
The Saudis want democracy what joke .. And there puppets want democracy .. This man is a true leader .. Stood up to the plate and is kicking takfiri behind ... Hizbullah is fighting the cristian fight as wall as everybody that doesn't submit to these filthy takfiri s .. 12 nuns kidnapped what a joke where are the men in the cristian community .. Isn't there anybody that is not scared of these beheading heart eating monsters .. They came for all over the world recruited .. Hizbullah was last to join the fight in Syria ... There were chechnians pakis afghanis Aussies British French Saudis ect .. Does jaja love the Wahhabis or there money
How do you think the West is going to retrieve the flow of funds into the Middle East from the purchase of oil. War and an arms race is the only way. Nasrallah and his likes are playing the game and think that they are victorious in foiling Western schemes. There will never be peace in the Middle East until the oil runs out or they find a substitute energy source. So until then Mr Nasrlallah, keep on beating the war drums and playing into their hands.
Wow Nasrallah, it's been a long time I haven't heard so much bull from you.
Your bull about being "dissassociated" from Iran is wonderful. I'm sure your followers believe it.
Your downplaying of your involvement in Syria is also very modest of you.
Your failure to condemn the Syrian regime for bombing tripoli shows know more about it. Care to share ?
I wish I had the courage to sift through all your lies and discredit them one by one but this is what I do all the time. So I will limit myself to saying that :
- You are a damn liar
- You barely mention Lebanon in all your speech and focus more on Iran / Syria
- Your speech is empty of facts so it's all lies and demagogy
- Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation based on Islamist and Jihadist ideals which makes them just the same as any other crappy terrorist organisation.
- Your sheep will vomit your lies all over this site for the weeks to come
- Santa Claus is not coming to town
Just wanted to add that an Organisation who's sole source of funding is IRAN and ILLEGAL activities, weapon and drug smuggling is not INDEPENDENT from IRAN.
Especially when it is not a "Secret" that it was founded by Iran... and military sheep trained and armed by Iran ...
@the1phoenix, am i the only one that thinks what Sayyed hassan, though he is charismatic and talks very well, is completely trying to blind even more all of his followers? Iran cut a deal with the supposed "chitan" America and thus, indirectly , cutting a deal with Israel because the US will never let down Israel , the deal included a guarantee for Iran never to touch Israel and to go above the level of uranium needed for a bomb...The masters of our leaders are cutting deals among each others while our leaders are still controlling us for the same reasons that do not exist anymore... So can somebody show me where did all this "lebanese" inteligence go to? dont we have what is called common sense anymore?
Apparently, our good-for-nothing president-by-parachute is also linked to Saudi Intelligence and forms part of the Hinie-Kisser Brigades.
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