RNA - In his televised speech aired on Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV channel, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah asserted that Qalamoun battle resulted in a major victory and a very important military achievement.
"The battle in Qalamoun barrens is open, and who defeated the Zionist enemy will eradicate the Takfiri groups."
According to Hezbollah’s chief, the clashes have been ongoing since few days between the Syrian army, the popular committees and Hezbollah on one hand and the Nusra Front and ISIL takfiris on the other.
The Syrian Qalamoun barrens and the Lebanese eastern mountain range form the battlefield which is mountainous and extend over hundreds of square kilometers, his eminence said.
The wide battlefield included scores of military posts, natural caves, and car bomb facilities, Sayyed Nasrallah added.
His eminence noted that the militants used to withdraw as a result of the fierce clashes, but that they did not use to escape the battlefield.
Hezbollah secretary general also appreciated the national role of the Lebanese army in Qalamoun battle.
War on Yemen failed
Nasrallah reiterated his condemnation for the US-Saudi aggression on Yemen saying that the war on Yemen failed to reach any of its objectives.
His eminence said: “The Saudi-led aggression has succeeded only to kill, destroy, and violate the sanctities by razing the shrines.”
Sayyed Nasrallah further called on the Ummah to exert all the possible efforts to halt the Saudi aggression on Yemen.
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