Hezbollah Slams Saudi Arabia for Targeting Resistance
In a televised speech in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday Nasrallah described the Riyadh regime as the flag-bearer of attacking the Islamic resistance.
He said Saudi Arabia, a main backer of the Takfiri militants, is escalating conflicts in Syria and Yemen in a bid to thwart any peace efforts.
Saudi Arabia has been adopting a raft of measures against Lebanon in reaction to the latter's refusal to side with Riyadh against Iran.
The Arab kingdom has been targeting Hezbollah, which has been fighting Saudi-backed extremism inside both Lebanon and Syria.
Earlier this year, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil refused to back a motion drafted by Saudi Arabia against the Islamic Republic, prompting Riyadh to retract a $4-billion aid pledge to Lebanon and demand an apology, which Lebanon refused to give.
The motion had sought to condemn Tehran over January attacks on vacant Saudi diplomatic premises. The attacks occurred during otherwise peaceful protests against Saudi Arabia’s earlier execution of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Some local media reports in Lebanon have, meanwhile, said the Saudis may be applying pressure to secure the release of a member of the royal family held in Lebanon since last October on drug charges.
Abdul-Mohsen al-Waleed Al Saud was detained in Beirut after authorities seized two tons of amphetamine pills before they were loaded onto his private plane.
