Iran Press/ Middle East: In a televised speech on Wednesday night, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed that the axis of Resistance should find a solution to repeated Israeli attacks on Syria . He went on to stress that the US has created the Takfiri terrorist group and provided it with every support it needs.
Nasrallah added: “The US support has prolonged Daesh’s presence in some areas in northeastern Syria.”
'US not a friend of Palestinians'
The Hezbollah leader condemned the US' decision to recognise al-Quds as the capital of the Zionist regime, adding that the US has proved it is not a friend of the Palestinian people by preventing them from having a state, reported Press TV..
In May, the US moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds, in a largely solitary but consequential move that further complicated Palestinian aspirations for statehood.
Last week, the Trump White House also announced the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington. Palestinian officials said on Sunday that Washington had also revoked the visas of Palestinian envoy Husam Zomlot and his family.
In his speech, Nasrallah also said Washington is helping the Saudi-led coalition in its war on Yemen, and warned all regional actors about the consequences of cooperating with the US in its plots against the region.
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Hezbollah to stay in Syria ‘until further notice’
Elsewhere in his remarks, Nasrallah said the Lebanese resistance movement will stay in Syria for the fight against terrorism as long as Damascus needs it.
He also censured Washington for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.
"No one can force us out of Syria... We will stay until further notice," he stressed, adding, "Our presence there is tied to necessity and to the consent of the Syrian leadership."
"We will remain there even after the Idlib accord," Nasrallah added, referring to a Russia-Turkey deal to create a buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib province, the last major terrorist bastion in the Arab country.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyib Erdogan announced after their talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi that they had agreed to create a demilitarized zone of a depth of 15-20 kilometers in Idlib along the contact line between the armed opposition and government troops by October 15.
"Naturally, the calm of the front lines and the decline in threats will have an impact on the numbers present," he said.
"With the Idlib accord, if everything is done correctly, we can suppose that Syria will head towards a great calm, and in concrete terms there will no longer be front lines," said Nasrallah.
He also commended the outcome of a summit on Idlib hosted by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and attended by his Turkish and Russian counterparts earlier this month in Tehran.
Iran, along with Russia and Hezbollah, has been effectively helping the Syrian government in its fight against terrorists.
On Monday September 17, 2018, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, presidents of Russia and Turkey met to try to come to an agreement over Syria's Idlib.
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Furthermore, on Sep 18, the Russian military accused the Israeli Air Force of playing a significant role in causing Syrian air defense forces to shoot down a Russian Il-20 plane, killing 15 Russian military personnel. The air defenses were responding to an air raid by Israel on Latakia.
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