Hezbollah deputy chief says US, Israel behind ISIS; slams airstrike coalition
Hezbollah’s deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem slammed the US-led coalition against ISIS, accusing Washington and Israel of creating the group.
“We hear the world wants to confront ISIS because it represents takfiri terrorism. Who created ISIS? Those who want to fight (ISIS) are the ones who raised and funded ISIS,” Qassem was quoted Friday by Lebanon's Daily Star.
Qassem said the US and Gulf state provided ISIS with weapons and training, and "Israel opened hospitals (to wounded ISIS men); and contact between takfiris in Syria’s Qunaitra and Israel is constantly ongoing, uninterrupted, because they are part of this scheme,” Qassem said.
