The head of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah says the US is preventing the Syrian government from eradicating the Islamic State group.
“The Americans are trying to prevent and delay the battle against Daesh,” Nasrallah says at a memorial for two Hezbollah commanders killed in Syria last week, according to local media reports.
“The US only helps when its allies are the ones who would seize control of the liberated areas,” he tells Hezbollah supporters in the town of al-Ain, a town the Bekaa Valley.
He goes on to accuse the US of colluding with Saudi Arabia to “get rid of” Iran and its allies, and says they are responsible for destabilizing the region.
“Hezbollah is one of the factors that [is] achieving regional peace and security, which are being threatened by Saudi Arabia, Israel and America.”
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