Nasrallah Slams Saudi over Yemen Op, Says It Did Nothing for Arabs Other than 'Sending Daesh'

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Nasrallah: Is the Saudi army stronger than the American army? Where is the American army in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon? Is the Saudi army stronger than the Israeli army? Where is the Israeli army in the region? Any occupier army will be eventually defeated and an air campaign cannot achieve victory. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Yemeni people has the right to resist and it will emerge victorious. 9 years
Nasrallah: The real reason is that Saudi Arabia has lost its hegemony and bets in Yemen and lost hope in its takfiri groups. It has sensed that Yemen is now for its people and this war aims to regain hegemony over Yemen. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Islamic Republic is not imposing anything or interfering in Yemen and it respects this country, but you are pushing entire Yemen to embrace Iran, the same as you did with Iraq, Palestine and Syria. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Huthis' ties with Iran are very recent and they had relations in the past with Qatar. Even I did not have any contact with them, but Iran later acknowledged their rights without interfering in their decisions. 9 years
Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia has been interfering in everything in Yemen, but where is security and where is prosperity in Yemen? Why did you refuse Yemen's membership in the Gulf Cooperation Council? Didn't you deal with the Yemeni people in an arrogant and insulting manner? Didn't you voice support for the eradication of Huthis? 9 years
Nasrallah: Iran has never given us orders and we're an independent leadership. We sometimes seek Iran's expertise the same as Saudi Arabia deals with its friends in the world. 9 years
Nasrallah: Who is stoking the blaze in Syria other than the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? 9 years
Nasrallah: You are "lazy" towards Arabs and there is a country like Iran that is quick to act. 9 years
Nasrallah: Your Bandar (Prince Bandar bin Sultan) is the one who financed Daesh. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Saudi intelligence was behind sending the suicide bombers to Iraq and your latest crime against Iraq was Daesh, which you and your allies sent to topple Bashar Assad and al-Maliki's regime. 9 years
Nasrallah: What have you done for Iraq? ... When it appeared that the Iraqi people wanted to regain their position and confront occupation, you unleashed al-Qaida and all the takfiri groups against them. 9 years
Nasrallah: Iran rescued the Palestinians and offered them everything in its capacity. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Arab governments, specifically the Saudi regime, have abandoned the Palestinian people, leaving it a prey to Israel and the U.S. 9 years
Nasrallah: Iran is not occupying Lebanon and it is not imposing its choices on Lebanon. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Saudi regime deals with all people as followers who do not have an independent identity and they deal with all countries according to this. This thinking has led them to wrong stances and policies and accumulating failure. 9 years
Nasrallah: The Saudi regime does not acknowledge any popular movement or popular will. 9 years
Nasrallah: Where is your proof that Yemen is under Iran's occupation? Where are the Iranian military bases and armies in Yemen? 9 years
Nasrallah: The third excuse -- which is being must promoted by the Arab, Gulf and Saudi media outlets -- is that Yemen has become occupied by Iran. This is one of the biggest lies that are being circulated. 9 years
Nasrallah: When you voice support for a war, you become a partner in it. 9 years
Nasrallah: What did the Huthis do for you to accuse them of threatening your security? 9 years
Nasrallah: The brothers in Ansarullah were in contact with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Gulf countries and there were negotiations. On the eve of King Abdullah's death there was a delegation holding negotiations and they went to political dialogue in Riyadh, but everything changed with the new Saudi rulers. 9 years
Nasrallah: Another excuse is that the new situation in Yemen was threatening the security of Saudi Arabia, the Gulf countries and the Red Sea. Is this true? Is there a proof that you can offer to peoples, scholars or muftis? This is neither a religious behavior nor it is humanitarian. 9 years
Nasrallah: Sanctions and calls could have preceded the decision to resort to the military option, so why did you rush to war, which should have been kept as the last remedy? 9 years
Nasrallah: You didn't assemble an international coalition for Egypt's Mubarak, so why Yemen? 9 years
Nasrallah on Firmness Storm campaign's declared justifications: There are three justifications that are being circulated -- the first is that there is an elected, legitimate president, although he resigned and retracted his resignation and his term ended according to the Gulf initiative. Is this alibi enough to wage a war against Yemen? 9 years
Nasrallah: You did not sense any threat coming from Israel, which has one of the biggest armies in the world. Israel borders your seas and oceans, but it was never an enemy for you or a threat. 9 years
Nasrallah: If the objective is to rescue the Yemeni people, why did you abandon the Palestinian people for decades? Why did you betray them? If the objective is to restore legitimacy in Yemen, why didn't you seek that for Palestine? 9 years
Nasrallah: The Palestinian people are still pleading to you and the houses of thousands of Gazans were destroyed. They are Sunni Muslims and they urged the Arab leaders who did not bat an eye. Where did you bring this resolve, nobility and firmness from? 9 years
Nasrallah on Yemen: For decades, the people of Palestine and the countries neighboring Israel did not feel any "Firmness Storm", not even a "firmness breeze." 9 years
Nasrallah: Iran will not and has not interfered in the presidential elections. It has nothing do with this issue and the party obstructing the elections is Saudi Arabia, specifically Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal. 9 years
Nasrallah: Our stance on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is irreversible, that's why we won't comment on anything emanating from it. 9 years
Nasrallah: From the very beginning, there were political forces inside and outside al-Mustaqbal movement who rejected dialogue and tried to sabotage it, including the testimonies that were given before the tribunal. We do not care about these stances and we will carry on with this dialogue as long as it serves the national interest. We will bear all these provocations and we call on the supporters of the resistance not to heed these voices that are trying to stir strife. 9 years
Nasrallah on dialogue and STL: From the very beginning we chose dialogue for the sake of the country and its people. Strength is to sit together, engage in dialogue, defuse tensions and prevent the collapse of the country. 9 years
Nasrallah: We hope that this new political disagreement will not lead to renewed tensions in the country or in the cabinet. 9 years
Nasrallah: In the first hours after the beginning of the aggression, I heard Hariri commenting on the issue and we also have the right to express our opinion. 9 years
Nasrallah: Any Lebanese or Arab citizen has the right to take the stance they want on a major development such as the aggression against Yemen. 9 years
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in televised address on latest developments in Lebanon and the region: The latest development in the region -- the start of a hostile war on Yemen -- will be the focus of my speech. 9 years

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah lashed out Friday at Saudi Arabia over its military intervention in Yemen, accusing the Gulf kingdom of turning a blind eye to the Palestinian people's plight and of financing the Islamic State extremist group.

And as he called for returning to dialogue and political initiatives in war-torn Yemen, Nasrallah stressed that any ground invasion will end up in failure.

“For decades, the people of Palestine and the countries neighboring Israel did not feel any 'Firmness Storm', not even a 'firmness breeze',” said Nasrallah in a televised address, mocking the Saudi-led “Firmness Storm” campaign against Yemen's Huthi rebels.

“The Palestinian people are still pleading to you and the houses of thousands of Gazans were destroyed. They are Sunni Muslims and they urged the Arab leaders who did not bat an eye. Where did you bring this resolve, nobility and firmness from?” he added.

Riyadh began its airstrikes in Yemen overnight Wednesday, announcing that it has put together a coalition of more than 10 countries, including five Gulf monarchies, for the military operation to defend Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansur Hadi's government.

The military move against the Shiite Huthi rebels triggered fury from Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran, Hizbullah's main regional ally, with officials in Tehran warning that the military action threatened to spill over into other countries.

“If the objective is to rescue the Yemeni people, why did you abandon the Palestinian people for decades? Why did you betray them? If the objective is to restore legitimacy in Yemen, why didn't you seek that for Palestine?” Nasrallah added.

Dismissing Saudi justifications that a Huhti-controlled Yemen poses a threat to the kingdom, Hizbullah's leader went to say: “You did not sense any threat coming from Israel, which has one of the biggest armies in the world. Israel borders your seas and oceans, but it was never an enemy for you or a threat.”

“Sanctions and calls for dialogue could have preceded the decision to resort to the military option, so why did you rush to war, which should have been kept as the last remedy?” Nasrallah wondered.

He noted that the Huthis had been engaged in dialogue with the Saudis prior to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz's death in January.

“On the eve of King Abdullah's death there was a delegation holding negotiations and they went to political dialogue in Riyadh, but everything changed with the new Saudi rulers,” Nasrallah lamented.

“What did the Huthis do for you to accuse them of threatening your security?” he added, addressing Riyadh.

Turning to accusations that Tehran was behind the Huthis' dramatic power grab in Yemen, Nasrallah described the allegation that Yemen has become “occupied by Iran” as “one of the biggest lies that are being circulated.”

“Where is your proof that Yemen is under Iran's occupation? Where are the Iranian military bases and armies in Yemen?” he said.

“Saudi Arabia has been interfering in everything in Yemen, but where is security and where is prosperity in Yemen? Why did you refuse Yemen's membership in the Gulf Cooperation Council? Didn't you deal with the Yemeni people in an arrogant and insulting manner? Didn't you voice support for the eradication of Huthis?” Nasrallah charged.

Noting that Tehran is “not imposing anything or interfering” in Yemen, Hizbullah's secretary general said Riyadh is “pushing entire Yemen to embrace Iran, the same as it did with Iraq, Palestine and Syria.”

“The real reason (behind the military operation) is that Saudi Arabia has lost its hegemony and bets in Yemen and lost hope in its takfiri groups. It has sensed that Yemen is now for its people and this war aims to regain hegemony over Yemen,” he pointed out.

“We condemn the oppressive Saudi aggression against Yemen and we call for an immediate end to this aggression. We call for reviving the political initiatives in Yemen,” said Nasrallah.

He underlined that the Yemeni people “has the right to resist and will emerge victorious.”

Warning Riyadh against any ground operation, Nasrallah added: “Is the Saudi army stronger than the American army? Where is the American army in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon? Is the Saudi army stronger than the Israeli army? Where is the Israeli army in the region?”

“Any occupier army will be eventually defeated and an air campaign cannot achieve victory,” he stressed.

Nasrallah also criticized Saudi Arabia over alleged roles in Iraq and Syria.

“What have you done for Iraq? ... When it appeared that the Iraqi people wanted to regain their position and confront (American) occupation, you unleashed al-Qaida and all the takfiri groups against them,” said Nasrallah.

“The Saudi intelligence was behind sending the suicide bombers to Iraq and your latest crime against Iraq was Daesh (IS group), which you and your allies sent to topple (Syrian President) Bashar Assad and al-Maliki's regime” in Iraq, Nasrallah added.

“Your Bandar (Prince Bandar bin Sultan) is the one who financed Daesh,” he said, addressing Saudi Arabia.

As for the domestic situations in Lebanon, Nasrallah commented on the ongoing dialogue between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal movement and the latest sessions of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

“From the very beginning we chose dialogue for the sake of the country and its people. Strength is to sit together, engage in dialogue, defuse tensions and prevent the collapse of the country,” he said.

“From the very beginning, there were political forces inside and outside al-Mustaqbal movement who rejected dialogue and tried to sabotage it, including the testimonies that were given before the tribunal. We do not care about these stances and we will carry on with this dialogue as long as it serves the national interest,” said Nasrallah.

Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Saniora testified this week before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which has accused five Hizbullah members of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.

On Tuesday, Saniora revealed that Hariri had informed him that he had discovered “several assassination attempts by Hizbullah” against him prior to the year 2005.

“Our stance on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is irreversible, that's why we won't comment on anything emanating from it,” Nasrallah said.

He has dismissed the STL as an Israeli-American scheme aimed at harming his party, rejecting any cooperation and vowing that the five accused will never be found.

As for the stalled presidential election, Nasrallah stressed that “Iran will not and has not interfered in the presidential elections.”

“It has nothing do with this issue and the party obstructing the elections is Saudi Arabia, specifically Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal,” he added.

Y.R.

Comments 38
Default-user-icon hassan al nass nass (Guest) 9 years

i can assure you on the tomb of my son hadi and on the integrity of zeynib and the conscience of imamu ali that we are here to protect lebanon and not the shias.

free Bahrain
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Thumb EagleDawn 9 years

the day this sectarian terrorist is dead is the day we celebrate our independence.

Missing mohammad_ca 9 years

Nasrallah 's old excuse is always "Palestine" yet he seems to forget that he sent his terrorists to Syria to defend a terrorist dictator and he did not even lift a finger when Gaza was artacked...twice!

Thumb Mystic 9 years

Another glorious speech by Sayed Hassan. Giving the Yemeni people hope and inspiration to battle and resist the foreign invasion.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 9 years

Mystic - You remind me of the old-time communists. You talk in slogans! No brain. Just slogans.

Thumb Mystic 9 years

The Ansarallah are full of morale now. You people should no, that they wont back down. It's a war for their existence just like the 2006 war. Already the saudis have their losses, they came as the Israelis, they will fail the same way.

Thumb -phoenix1 9 years

Hail Hassan, Hail Kim Jong Un, Hail Caesar, Hail Hitler, what next ya Mystic? Well, since we are talking about it, how about you tell Hassan Nasrallah to send his Hezbollah mercenaries to help the Houties of Yemen. Well? You guys are anything these days but Lebanese. Iran has taken you people from one venture to the other. In Syria you meddled very early on, when the Syrian people had a noble revolution to ask for changes, now you got yourselves IS. Now in Yemen Iran got you the KSA, the UAE, Kuwait or better known as the GCC, Egypt, Jordan soon. Now you got yourselves that much loathed and feared Shiite/Sunni war, open war. years ago, Jordan warned about the Shiite crescent forming, now the Sunnis have their own crescent, good heavens. All we can all say, may God help us all, then let us see from where you Hassan Nasrallah will make his glorious speeches, or where YOU will be to post such meaningless words, wou 2al glorious kamen,....

Thumb -phoenix1 9 years

Mystic, yesterday, the PM of Pakistan has reacted to Iran's threat over the KSA making a stern warning using the strongest of terms, you touch Riyadh and Tehran will go. Lest you remember, Lahore has the bomb, it may not hesitate to use as Israel does. Mabrook, now let Hassan Nasrallah start sending his glorious mercenaries to Yemen. You, your likes led by Nasrallah have remained deaf to warning after warning, now see what you got yourselves into. What next? Indonesia, the world's most populous Sunni nation? You thought that high birthrates could solve your aims? Well, now it looks like you need it. This is what cockiness, arrogance and over confidence do.

Missing peace 9 years

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: We back the Saudi and Gulf states' efforts to preserve stability in the region....

another blow in nasrallah's propaganda where he pretends to be more palestinian than the palestinians themselves....

Thumb janoubi 9 years

this is Nassrallah's Storm "Hatred" in response to Storm "Firmness"

Thumb ex-fpm 9 years

He claims Saudi Arabia is vetoing aoun and blocking the presidential elections. But ironically, it is the supposedly pro KSA parties and MPs that are not boycotting the elections and are always attending the sessions.

Thumb freedomarch 9 years

An imposter as lebano07 for the master of iranian Hizb Zballeh want us to sit and watch them take capitals one by one. GOD bless our M14 free world God bless our army and we will defend our multi cultured lebanon for to practice what they want far from controlling our freedoms and talking our government hostage.

Default-user-icon Steve Mankoff (Guest) 9 years

The Saudis entered Yemen for the same reason that Hezb. entered Syria.

Default-user-icon defacto (Guest) 9 years

Meh I remember when I was in Lebanon and it was Ramadan I was in place in dahieh, at a famous fast food place, I believe it was called abu ali falafel, but not sure, anyways. I am sure it was in dahieh because there were so many shia mosques. I was eating that tutifruity and falafel sandwich and the shias were looking at me with anger, until one guy came, told me something in Farsi Arabic "Allah Akbar, Labayka Ya Nassrallah or something Labayka Ya Hussein", and tried to take away my cup of fruits and the falafel sandwich. Until a police or army some security guy, told the fanatic to back off.

Default-user-icon southern huthi (Guest) 9 years

Great work!
السياسه بعد نظر، أخلاق وضمير !!!

Default-user-icon Je Suis the_roar (Guest) 9 years

As a Shia follower of Khomeini I will forgive & pray for those who insult my Lords, Sayyid Hassan Nassrallah and Sheikh Sayyid Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.

Default-user-icon Je Suis Flamethrower (Guest) 9 years

Je suis Flamethrower, Je suis un Houthi, Je suis un terroriste

Missing mohammad_ca 9 years

The Republic of vikayet e faqih is the terrorist sponsor in Syria Lebanon Iraq and Yemen

Thumb ashtah 9 years

Nasrallah: The Saudi regime does not acknowledge any popular movement or popular will.
but you and Iran acknowledge popular will of people in Syria I guess.

Nasrallah: Where is your proof that Yemen is under Iran's occupation? Where are the Iranian military bases and armies in Yemen?

Nasrallah: The Saudi intelligence was behind sending the suicide bombers to Iraq

WHERE is your proof the Saudi intelligence is behind sending the suicide bombers. He sure is consistent in his assessments!!!!

Thumb ashtah 9 years

peaceful citizens ya southern who have tanks, rockets, and artillery. lol

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 9 years

Ashtah - If Nasrallah changes his tune tomorrow, they will follow him as sheep. This is Lebanon after all!

Thumb ashtah 9 years

He viciously attacks the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in every part of his speech and then he expects the Kingdom not to deport his sympathizers/followers who work there.

Thumb lebanon_first 9 years

An occupier shall eventually be defeated...
You will be defeated in syria...

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 9 years

Your axis is making these by the millions.

Thumb ex-fpm 9 years

he just did ! He openly said he believes khamanei ( a commoner) is his waliy and imam of all moslems.

Missing peace 9 years

the truth is hezbollah are in a desperate situation and i love it!

Missing humble 9 years

Ebola is not a resistance. Ebola is not Lebanese. Ebola is Iranian obeying to wali al fakih orders. Ebola is a cancer destroying our country.

Missing humble 9 years

Perfect answer to full lies from a Houthian.

Missing Ghazanfar 9 years

WOW!I did not realize anyone could lie so many times in such a short time!

Thumb popeye 9 years

the followers of this iranian terrorist commit the ugliest massacres in Syria and Iraq; they drill people's skulls while they are alive, they rape and torture and he claims they are still oppressed and persecuted. In Lebanon, they robbed the country, took over all the institutions, they kill with total impunity, they cross the border while being saluted by the army and they are STILL oppressed.

Thumb liberty 9 years

Nassrallah claims the Saudis want the Egyptians and Pakistanis to fight on their behalf in Yemen. A conniving inciter of the first degree:) Prince Khalid Ibn Salman, an F-15 eagle squadron commander and the son of King Salman of Saudi Arabia led the first waves of air strikes against the iranian terrorists in Yemen.

Thumb justin 9 years

Why is Nasrallah so interested in Yemen and what happens there?! Why is he intent on causing problems for the Lebanese? Why does Iran only helps the Shia of Yemen and not the whole Yemeni population if they are so poor and oppressed? Mr. Nassrallah we've had enough of your Iranian agenda and your lies and deceit. We want to live in peace !

Thumb EagleDawn 9 years

did you notice how he repeated word for word the story by Al Safil and mowaten about Al Faisal vetoing aoun without providing any proof?:)

He also questions what did Saudi Arabia do for the Yemenis? He forgets that KSA supported, funded, and armed the Zaydis (Shias) during the civil war 1962 onwards against the Republican Yemenis (Sunnis) who were allied with Egypt.

Thumb -phoenix1 9 years

Eagle, it's called verbal diarrhea. This is what happens when one loses the pedals.

Thumb EagleDawn 9 years

notice how many posts were mass reported and deleted by the_toar and his friends?

Thumb -phoenix1 9 years

That also should include Independence from Syria's stooges in Lebanon.

Thumb shab 9 years

Filthy murdering militia.

Default-user-icon جنوبي من جبل عامل (Guest) almost 9 years

يا حسن يا حبيبي، في شي 100000 لبناني مرعوبين لانو يمكن ينشحطو من الخليج. اذا رجعوا على لبنان وين بدك تأعدن؟ و لا فكرك 200 دولار من الحزب بتكفي؟ متل ما صار اسم الفلسطيني بالعالم ما بيسوا من ورا المنظمات الفلسطينية، حضرتك خلقت عداوة بين الشيعة و كل العالم. الشيعة يا حسن ناس طيبين، انت ما بتعرف ولا واحد منن.....