Nasrallah called for calm inside Lebanon (Photo: Reuters – Sharif Karim)
Speaking after the death of three senior Syrian politicians in a bomb attack on Wednesday morning, Nasrallah hailed the men and warned that Syria risked destruction if it slid further into civil war.
"(The West and Israel) took advantage of the legitimate demands of the Syrian people...they put Syria into a war, they forbade negotiations," he said.
"What is required (by the US) in Syria is to divide it, to destroy it, to rip it apart just like Iraq," he said, referring to the chaos left behind after nine years of US occupation in Iraq.
Nasrallah said that Israel had been concerned by Syria's increased military capabilities and had sought to sow discontent in the country.
"They looked at Syria and saw over the past years... first of all a new military strategy began in Syria," he said, adding that before the uprising the country was "a real military power that (was) capable of presenting a real military threat to Israel."
Speaking on the sixth anniversary of the 2006 war with Israel, in which the Jewish state suffered defeat at the hands of Hezbollah, Nasrallah said Hezbollah's victory had increased concern about Syrian strength.
"There is only one army left that is not connected with the Americans. It's the Syrian army. Since the July (2006) war they have been working on destroying this army," he said.
Nasrallah also confirmed that the "most important" weapons used against Israel in the war were supplied by Syria.
"Syria is a real supporter of the resistance... on the military level as well," he said. "The most important missiles that landed in occupied Palestine were manufactured or made in Syria."
Call for calm
Referring to Lebanon, Nasrallah called for calm following an upturn in violence in recent months, much of it related to the Syrian crisis.
"I call for calm and patience. You have heard a lot of curses and you will hear a lot of curses in the future," he said.
"This doesn't concern only the Sunnis and the Shia...amongst all sects there are some who are trying to rip apart our community."
The Shia leader also urged all sects in the country to move away from provocative language, calling for a new document dealing with sectarianism.
Under the new rules, he said, "if a Shia person, whether he be a politician or a religious person, if he says anything offensive then we, the Shia, will stand against him. Same goes for the Sunnis, the Druze and the Christians."
"Can we go ahead and adopt such a document in Lebanon?"
He also backed the current government to continue despite ongoing tensions between rival factions, saying such debate was healthy.
"In the government we have disagreements... but there are positives as it shows it is a coalition government, not a government of Hezbollah," he said.
(Al-Akhbar)
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