Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Hezbollah's Leader Takes Credit For Helping Syrian President Assad Defeat The Rebels

Supporters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, carry a poster depicting Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad as they wave Hezbollah and Amal movement flags at a protest. (File photo: Reuters)

Hezbollah Leader Says Threat To Syria’s Assad Is Over -- Al Jazeera

The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is no longer under threat of collapse, two of his influential allies said on Sunday and Monday, after a particularly bloody day across the country saw at least 60 people killed in Syria in ongoing battles between government forces and rebels.

"The danger of the Syrian regime's fall has ended," Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, which has sent militias to fight on Assad's side against mainly Sunni rebels, told daily newspaper As-Safir.

Hezbollah, an armed Shia group that is allied with the Assad regime, has been instrumental in helping Syria’s military dislodge the opposition from its strongholds along the Lebanese-Syrian border.

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More News On Hezbollah's Leader Taking Credit For Helping Syrian President Assad Defeat The Rebels

Hezbollah leader says Syrian government of Bashar Assad is no longer in danger of falling -- US News and World Report/AP
Hezbollah chief says danger to Syria regime over -- Ma'an News Agenct/AFP
Syria's Assad secure, will seek re-election - Hezbollah leader -- Reuters
Syrian govt no longer in danger of falling - Hezbollah leader -- RT
Hezbollah claims it has helped Assad win Syria conflict -- The Guardian/AFP
Nasrallah: Terrorism declining, Assad gaining -- Daily Star
Hezbollah: Assad’s regime no longer in danger -- Al Arabiya

My Comment: Talk about counting your chickens before they are hatched. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is clearly feeling cocky.

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