Hezbollah denies pledge to refrain from retaliating for Israeli strikes
Arab media reports that Hezbollah and Iran promised to Russia not to retaliate against Israeli-attributed attacks in Syria; the Lebanese terrorist organization clarifies that it has made no such promise, calling it 'incorrect and completely invented.'
Following Arab media reports that Hezbollah and Iran have pledged to Russia not to respond to attacks attributed to Israel on Syrian targets, the Lebanese terrorist organization has clarified that no such promise has been made.
The exceptional clarification, deeming such reports "incorrect and completely invented," appeared on the public relations site of Hezbollah's military wing.
The organization's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, is to give a televised speech on Friday night discussing the recent developments, and he may address the issue. However, it seems that the speech will focus more on the difficulties in establishing a new government in Lebanon and the impending victory of the Syrian Army, aided by Hezbollah, in Aleppo.
Wednesday, after the attack, a Syrian military official accused Israel of being responsible for the strke on the Mezzeh Air Base in western Damascus, causing a series of explosions in the early hours of the morning.
"The Israeli enemy launched at 3am several surface-to-surface missiles from Lebanese territory towards western Tel Abu Al Nada. The missiles fell in the area of the Mezzeh Air Base. As a result, fires broke out at the base with no injuries," the official told SANA, the Assad regime's official news agency.
Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman addressed the Syrian accusations this week, saying, "We act primarily to protect the safety of our citizens and defend our sovereignty, and we're trying to prevent the smuggling of sophisticated weapons, military equipment and weapons of mass destruction from Syria to Hezbollah."
He reiterated that Israel had no intention of interfering in the civil war in Syria, but noted that "when I am asked, time and time again, what should be the nature of a possible future accord in Syria, I say and repeat that it doesn't matter what accord it reached because in any case, the Iranians and Assad cannot be part of the accord."
