Sunday, 17 May 2015

Sayyed Nasrallah: We’re in Heart of Qalamoun Battle, If State Fails to Take Its Responsibilities... People will Do

Zeinab Essa

Hizbullah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered Saturday a televised speech in which he tackled a number of internal and regional topics, particularly the Resistance's victories in Qalamoun.

In the beginning of his speech, His Eminence denied all fabricated rumors regarding his medical health.

He further labeled them in context of the psychological war targeting the Resistance and its people.

New Nakba...

Sayyed Nasrallah said that al-Nakba reminds us with occupying Palestine, displacing thousands of Palestinians in 1976 and establishing the Zionist current situation which conspired against and assaulted all the neighboring countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and others.

Moreover, he urged the Arab and Muslim world to study the causes of al-Nakba and identify the responsibilities in order for the contemporary generations to learn from the past experience, which included the noble stances of the mujahidin and the martyrs and comprised those who betrayed their nation for the sake of private interests".

On another level, Sayyed Nasrallah warned that the nation today is suffering from a new Nakba.

"In Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and the entire Arab and Islamic world where takfiris exist, there will be a new Nakba," he mentioned.

In parallel, His Eminence called for confronting the new American Takfiri project that will create a new Nakba and will lead to the segmentation our nation.

He adviced the nation to learn the lessons of the past and that all sides hold their responsibilities in face of the American - takfiri project, which wants to make a greater Nakba.

"The Nakba of the Takfiri militants was first brought to the region by the British Zionist project, now it is the American Takfiri Zionist project, and America is using this to weaken the nation and tear it apart and to seize control of its capabilities," he added.

In Heart of Qalamoun... Victory Coming

Turning to some aspects of the Resistance achievements in Qalamoun, Sayyed Nasrallah highlighted that "the Syrian army backed by other Syrian forces from the towns and cities of Qalamoun and Hizbullah are one team.

"The other team is al-Nusra Front and the "ISIL"," he stated, pointing out that "The battlefield of Qalamoun is made up of heights that reach 2,500 meters above sea level."

Moreover, His Eminence elaborated that "there were many battles in Qalamoun that led to the defeat of the armed groups."

He announced that the Resistance remains in the heart of the Qalamoun battle.

He also noted that the seizure of the terrorist posts in Qalamoun has helped secure the Damascus-Homs highway and Lebanese border towns, recalling the hundreds of rockets fired by Syrian armed groups into Lebanon over the past several years.

"I am not talking about full security, because militants are still present on the outskirts of Arsal," he added, pointed out that "as long as they are on Arsal's outskirts and the remaining part of Qalamoun, then I can't talk about complete security."

According to Sayyed Nasrallah, "One of the direct consequences of the Qalamoun battle is inflicting a resounding defeat and causing them to flee all areas of engagement. This led to the restoration of 300 km2 of the Lebanese and Syrian territories."

"The armed groups were severely defeated and they have withdrawn from all the areas that witnessed clashes. Their bases have been destroyed."

He also elaborated that "the outskirts of Assal al-Wared, al-Jebbeh and Flita have been linked with the outskirts of Baalbek, Nahleh and Younine."

"The biggest financial source for armed groups are from Lebanon despite all the measures taken by the Lebanese army," His Eminence stressed.

The Resistance leader said the residents of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, especially citizens of Baalbek and Hermel, will not tolerate the presence of militants on the outskirts of their towns and villages.

"If the state does not assume its responsibility toward these towns, Bekaa residents will take it upon themselves to ensure protection," he predicted.

Meanwhile, he reiterated that "it is our right and the rights of the citizens of Baalbek and Hermel to look ahead to a day where there is no longer a single militant on Lebanon's outskirts."

In this context, Sayyed Nasrallah assured that the Resistance is in an ongoing battle against extremists, expressing optimism that a day will come when there will be no terrorists in Lebanon, including in its border areas.

Stop Creating Rift with LA

However, according to His Eminence, "In Lebanon, certain political forces launched an intimidation propaganda before and during Qalamoun battle, yet they forgot that nothing can weaken our determination."

His Eminence also dismissed all alleged claims that Hizbullah was trying to get the Lebanese Army involved in the Qalamoun battle.

"The Resistance appreciates and respects the Lebanese Army and its leadership, and is keen on keeping it out of any conflict in Qalamoun," he said, asserting that "As long as the armed groups are present on the outskirts of Arsal and the remaining part of Qalamoun's outskirts, we could not say there is absolute security."

"Are those who kidnapped and killed the Lebanese army soldiers, assaulted the military posts and the residential areas in Bekaa, detonated the car bombs in different Lebanese areas and occupied swathes of the Lebanese territories in Arsal barrens rebels? Or terrorists?"

To the sides defending the so-called rebels, Sayyed Nasrallah sent a clear message: "If their political reference, Saudi Arabia, blacklists Nusra Front and "ISIL", and the Lebanese court as well as the international community considers them as terrorist groups, so why do those political forces support them?"

In response to some sides and media exaggerations regarding the number of martyrs in the Qalamoun battle, Sayyed Nasrallah revealed that "so far, Hizbullah 13 members of the Resistance Mujahideen were martyred, while the Syrian army and the Syrian popular mobilization units lost a combined seven."

"In Qalamoun, the Lebanese and the Syrian blood mixed in face of the takfiri groups."

His Eminence also praised the spirits of the martyrs and hailed the sacrifices of their families as well as those of the mujahidin on the occasion of the victory.

No for Vaccum

Turning to the presidential deadlock, Hizbullah Secretary General said that the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, General Michel Aoun is trying to propose solutions for the crisis.

He urged political parties to discuss them and study them.

"No one has an interest in having a vacuum," he said, clarifying that all Lebanese sides must be concerned with finding solutions to end the political dilemma as the presidential void affects all the parties negatively.

Bahrain...Miserable

On the regional level, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the situation of the Bahraini jails and prisoners is miserable.

"The situation in the prisons in Bahrain is very difficult, it's not just against the most basic human rights and something awful is taking place... in light of international silence," the Secretary General added.

Sayyed Nasrallah addressed the Bahrainis: "You have to stick to your steadfastness in face of the regime oppression and the international community's silence."

Al-Saud's Criminality ...

Addressing the US-Saudi-led aggression on Yemen, His Eminence reiterated his condemnation for the attackers' brutality, stressing that it failed to reach any of its objectives, yet that all what happened opposed its goals.

He said the Saudi military campaign has failed to achieve any of its goals, saying Riyadh has gained nothing but "failure after failure."

"This aggression won't achieve its goals.... and it has failed in achieving its goals," he said, noting that "the Saudi-led aggression has succeeded only to kill, destroy, and violate the sanctities by razing the shrines."

Sayyed Nasrallah said: "Unfortunately, the barbaric and criminal Zionists did not destroy the shrines, while the Saudis did not respect any limit."

His Eminence noted that the Saudi war asserted that Iran is the most important ally to the Yemenis and that the coalition's countries are Yemen's enemies.

Sayyed Nasrallah further called on the nation to exert all the possible efforts to halt the Saudi aggression on Yemen.

Source: al-Ahed news

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PFLP : 67th anniversary of Nakba, ‘we reject the colonization of Palestine, uphold national and historic rights’

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Alexandra Valiente

Today we mark 67 years on the great crime of the modern era, when the Zionist gangs in full view of the world uprooted the Palestinian people from their ancestral homeland to impose a state of oppression, racism and colonization on the ruins of the Palestinian homeland. From that day until today, our people continue to uphold their historic rights and the justice of their cause, rejecting all forms of compromises and deals that seek to legitimize occupation and confiscate the rights of our people to freedom, return and independence.

Over 67 years, the Zionist project has attempted to obliterate Palestinian Arab identity and falsify facts and history, supported by US imperialism and the forces of injustice and aggression on the political, military, economic and media fields. However, the reality of our history is of the continuous struggle of our people against the Zionist invasion, blocking attempts to destroy Palestinian Arab consciousness and impose a false history, and preserving our rights to all of Palestine in the minds and hearts of our people from generation to generation, despite all of the years passed since the Nakba and despite our displacement in all corners of the world.

This year, Nakba Day comes in the light of several developments experienced by the Palestinian people and the Palestinian national liberation movement. The Gaza Strip is subjected to brutal siege and aggression by the racist, fascist state that has not ceased since its inception to commit such attacks as part and parcel of the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine; the aggression and war crimes which targeted all of our people in the strip, leaving thousands dead, thousands more wounded and displaced persons, and destroyed homes. These crimes cannot be separated from the ongoing attacks on our people in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the racist practices of the occupation attacking the political, economic and social rights of our people in 1948 occupied Palestine, nor the ongoing siege ad suffering experienced by our people since the Nakba in refugee camps and in diaspora, who are facing new attacks and projects seeking to liquidate the Palestinian cause.

This anniversary also comes at a time of continued division, fragmentation and confusion on the Palestinian political scene, with all of the concomitant risks to our liberation movement, and which exacerbates the suffering of our people and weakens their ability to resist and struggle as parties to division hold the interests of our people secondary to factional interests. The Arab nation is also facing severe internal conflicts in some countries, and there are plans to divide the region and utilize conflicts and division by the enemy in order to strengthen the Zionist settler colonial proect through the Judaization of Jerusalem, accelerating the settlement projects, the systematic attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the mass arrests targeting Palestinians of Jerusalem, while attempting to define itself internationally as a “Jewish state” while tightening the siege on Gaza, disrupting and preventing reconstruction.

On the 67th anniversary of the Nakba, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine emphasizes:

First, we fully reject the results of the Nakba and insist on the implementation of our full historical rights to liberation and return on the entire land of Palestine;

Second, we uphold the right of return, of self-determination and establishing our independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and reject and resist any and all attempts to limit or modify the right of return as the core of the Palestinian cause and a right recognized fully in international legitimacy and the bridge to liberation and the historical rights of our people in Palestine;

Third, we reject and resist liquidationist political projects aimed at undermining our national liberation movement and reject the approach of negotiations which has led to nothing but the weakening of our movement and cause at regional and international levels. We refuse all attempts to return to negotiations. It is important to continue to demand international action on Palestinian rights and the binding implementation of Palestinian rights and relevant United Nations resolutions;

Fourth, the acceleration of national reconciliation and ending the division is important to restore national unity and to strengthen the steadfastness of our people to confront the Zionist project, based on a comprehensive national strategy of resistance and political and organizational national partnership.

Fifth, the growing international boycott movement in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle as well as the efforts to support Palestinian rights and full representation in the United Nations, is critical in building an international isolation of the occupier and holding its leaders accountable. It is critical to take the battle to the Inrernational Criminal Court, as the political and legal battle must be fought against the occupier, without accepting any limitation or undermining of the full right of our people to resist colonialism and occupation with all forms of resistance, including and particularly armed struggle, as a legitimate right that is upheld in international law.

Sixth, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) must assume its responsibilities to provide all services to Palestinian refugees wherever they are as an international body set up for this purpose. Palestinian refugees must not receive reduced services under any justification or excuse so long as they are refugees and have not returned to their homeland.

On the anniversary of the Nakba, we salute our people in occupied Palestine ’48 who persevere and resist displacement and expulsion today; our people in the refugee camps and everywhere in diaspora in particular our people in Yarmouk refugee camp exposed today to criminal attacks by armed groups; we salute the martyrs of the Arab nation who fell to liberate the land and people of Palestine and all of our people who have sacrificed their lives for our rights; we salute our prisoners of freedom who sacrifice for all of our freedom.

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Erdogan, The Butcher

Created on Wednesday, 13 May 2015 06:10

Erdogan, the butcher, is proud of assisting terrorists and sending them into Syria! To be a terrorist president with an Ottoman extremist mentality like Mr. Erdogan, proves that the world is no more balanced! no more order nor legitimacy. Erdogan's bragging off the recent incursions by Al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates into some Syrian territories and the crimes perpetrated by his barbaric terrorists and cannibals is in contrast with every humanity, legitimacy, anti-terrorism-resolutions and even with the concept of presidency itself.

Erdogan's recent statements proved him to be not only a burglar of Syrians' belongings and factories, but a mafia gang leader. Turkey is a friendly neighboring country, which does deserve a sane man to lead and a secular party too. Those who exploit religion for their narrow-minded interests and greed should be out of the leadership helm. In 2015, the world is indeed in need for the wise, secular, open-minded and courageous, and not for thieves, extremists, narrow-minded and cowards!

Mr. Erdogan's stated priorities regarding " no-fly zone, a security zone and a train-and-equip program with the U.S. Saudi Arabia and Qatar'' are but the prescription for prolonging the crisis, enflaming the entire region, slaughtering the more of the innocents, and this time among the Turkish and others! Erdogan's self-deception, arrogance, and Don Quixote's shows should end. Erdogan is no more than a clown when it comes to statesmanship and diplomacy.

Erdogan should no more be given the benefit of the doubt and the ''strategic patience'' with the butchers is but a double-edged sword! Syria is proud of all its citizens ethnicities; Syria is the cradle of civilization with tens of ethnicities but with one Syrian Identity. The Syrians' security, stability and safety is the responsibility of all Syrians first and foremost, and if necessary, Syria has true friends once called upon come!

Beware Mr. Erdogan, among the Turkish People, there are those who are also fed up with your slaughter of the Syrians and with your support to terrorists. Not all the politicians in Turkey could be bought by petrodollars nor make alliances with the wahabis, terrorists and thieves. Erdogan's support for terrorism in Syria should stop, as well as that of the US, France, Qatar, Israeli, and Saudi rulers.

The recent ''advances registered by the Syrian opposition were directly correlated with the improvement in the assistance they were receiving. If this help ceases, the opposition's momentum will suffer." What a shame, Mr. Erdogan, the recent massacres, slaughter and atrocities by the terrorists are indeed your personal responsibility and you should be held accountable for your crimes and Turkey's Justice and Development Party support to terrorism should cease or backfire! The world is a village and all have long and open borders with all!

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Military cleaning operation in Qalamoun, Zionist entity worried over Galilee

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Between two TV appearances … the geography of Qalamoun and the Eastern Mountain Range changed!

In his first TV appearance over Qalamoun on Tuesday May 5, Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah set that Tuesday as the zero hour for the post-snow battle as he laid the broad lines for the military operation. He did not magnify the scope of expectations and hopes; he rather kept all the field details secretive whether over the goal of the operation, the number of partaking troops, or its geographic compass and time span.

During that TV appearance, “the Sayyed” aimed at breaking the “psychological war” launched by the US-backed Saudi-Turkish-Qatari troika to the effect that “everything was over following the fall of Idlib and Jisr Shughour”
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However, in his appearance tomorrow Saturday, the Sayyed will announce the victory and talk about its strategic significances and some field details. He will interpret a section of the operation process, and once again, he will assert that the Resistance – as well as the Syrian Army – is capable of achieving the set targets. Thus as the operation of deterring the danger in the South in Quneitra was staged, danger is being deterred and the terrorists are being eradicated in the Eastern Range.

Moreover, he will assert moving forward in this battle until the terrorists are defeated as he affirms that the allies in the Resistance axis are one heart and one hand.

In the field, it is a “clean” battle from a militarily perspective. It took less time than was expected though it covered a wide and broad area extending from the border with the Lebanese villages to the international road that links Damascus to Homs, and from the rural areas in Homs in the North to the outskirts of western Damascus Ghuta in the South. It is also a main route for the provision of the armed men between Lebanon and the Syrian interior.

As for the casualties in the lines of Hizbullah, concerned sources assert that they are less than what Hizbullah was willing to offer – ten martyrs. That took place at a time all the terrorist groups suffered a quick and terrible collapse. The terrorist groups comprise mainly from “Nosra Front” along with some of the so called “Fatih Army”, “the Free Army”, and “the Qalamoun troops”.

In the field, the focus now is on pursuing these groups to the places they fled to and proceeding in driving them away from the area. On a parallel level, they are moving practically in deep-rooting the control over the regions they captured (Assal Al Ward, Ras Al Maarrah…. among other hills and posts) as Hizbullah fighters and the Syrian Army now control almost half of al Qalamoun.

The most important fact about the controlled area is that it includes the so called “ruling hills” especially “Moussa Hills” (2580m) and “Barouh Mountain” (2460m).

The victory is of major importance, and perhaps “Israel” was the first to read this importance and is the first to grasp its significance. The resistance reconnaissance recorded highly significant signs over the “Israeli” coverage of the battle to the effect that in “Israel” some believe that this enormous operation which is characterized by precise cooperation among several military sectors and various arms including blocking roads, erecting ambushes, penetrating, merging between guerilla fighting and regular fighting over a vast geographic area that is very uneven and strongly fortified is such a strategic training for a possible battle in Galilee. In other words, the banner which was deep rooted by the Resistance over Moussa Hills was inspected by telescopes from Tel Aviv.

On the internal level, the importance of this field achievement which was made in several days lies in the following:

– Protecting the Lebanese villages that face the field of the military operations in Qalamoun and deterring the danger of the terrorist groups from them.
– Deterring the risk of rocket shelling away from the Lebanese villages noticeably in Bekaa.
– Relieving the Lebanese military forces and making them more able to move on the borders and in the other places they exist in on the Lebanese-Syrian borders.
– Controlling by fire all of Irsal’s barren mountains what makes penetrating to and from them very difficult as there is not any safe spot or route from Irsal barren mountains to the Syrian internal. Consequently, Irsal’s barren mountains were separated from the Syrian regions of Zabadani, Sirghaya, and Madaya.
– Besieging Zabadani and isolating it completely from Qalamoun. As for Zabadani, the situation there might be finally settled in a later stage that might take place in the near future.
– Deterring any potential danger away from the strategic road between Beirut and Damascus.
– Securing a back protection for the Syrian capital Damascus.

Moreover, Hizbullah considers “that what was achieved in Qalamoun is as important or perhaps more important than what took place in Qseir. Putting a decisive end to the battle in Qseir was a turning point in the track of the battle, and today Qalamoun is further completing the first achievement. The major importance in completing the Qseir achievement lies in the fact that it was made following the Saudi war on Yemen as well as following the Saudi-Turkish-Qatari troika was created against Syria and was manifested in Idlib and Jisr Shughour coupled with a psychological war and an attempt to kill the morals of the Resistance axis.

Some assert that the battle in Qalamoun came to a decisive end in principle on the levels of both improvement and fortification. As for the end results, their repercussions will influence the track of the field balances in Syria, and perhaps the days to come will show these results on the practical level.

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As the Palestinians commemorate the 67th anniversary of the Nakba Day, they are more determined to liberate their occupied lands and establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. They are also more determined to the repatriation right which has been guaranteed by UN resolutions.

On the 15th of May 1948, more than 800 thousand of Palestinians were forcibly displaced, by Zionists, from their indigenous towns and cities into the West Bank and Gaza Strip, neighbouring Arab countries, and other countries of the world.

Since then, the Zionists have been committing heinous massacres against the Palestinian people with the aim of perpetuating the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and obliterating the repatriation right of the Palestinian refugees to their indigenous homeland. The Zionist criminal record includes scores of savage massacres against the defenceless Palestinians. The Zionist gangs confiscated 775 towns and villages and destroyed 535 Palestinian towns and villages during the Nakba. The atrocities of Israeli Zionists also included over 70 massacres in which 15 thousand Palestinians were killed by Zionist terrorist gangs. The Zionist terrorist paramilitaries carried out massacres and forced expulsions, including the infamous massacre of Palestinian men, women, and children in the village of Deir Yassin in April 1948. The Israeli military continued to carry out a campaign of uprooting and expelling the indigenous Palestinian people, forcing Palestinians to flee their homes and land. Altogether Israel expelled more than 80 percent of the Palestinian population. This campaign continued long after hostilities ceased and included the razing of nearly 400 Palestinian villages.

Zionism and Wahhabism are two faces of the same coin, where events bring to light the clear cooperation between the Zionist entity, Gulf States and Turkey that involved in the aggression on Syria by supporting terrorist organizations infinitely. The Zionist entity aims at obliterating the Right of Return for the whole Palestinian people through its clear support for the terrorist organizations in Syria which launched intensive assaults on the Palestinian camps and displaced their residents. The Israeli regime has denied Palestinian refugees the right to return, despite UN resolutions and international laws upholding the people’s right to return to their homelands. Palestinians have held rallies in various parts of the world to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the Nakba Day. Palestinian protesters took to the streets of various world capitals to demand that the Israeli regime leave their lands after decades of occupation.

Today the Palestinian refugees and their descendants number 4 million people, many still living in refugee camps in the Occupied Territories, Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere. Israel has been refusing the right of these refugees to return to their homes in violation of international law and numerous United Nations resolutions. At the same time, in a striking example of inequality and discrimination, Israel has declared itself the state of all the Jews in the world and automatically grants citizenship to any Jewish person anywhere in the world who seeks to immigrate to Israel. A Jew living in Texas, for example, who has never lived in Israel, can automatically gain the benefits of citizenship under the so-called Law of Return, one of Israel's racial Laws, while a Palestinian refugee whose family lived in Palestine for hundreds of years is unlikely even to gain a visa for a brief visit to his or her home, let alone obtain the right to return there to live.

Successive Zionist governments have been following a racist settlement policy through confiscating Palestinian lands and constructing Jewish settlements with the aim of changing the geographic and demographic status of the occupied Palestinian territories and perpetuate the Israeli occupation. But the Palestinians will not be subjugated by the racist Zionist measures and will press ahead with their struggle until the achievement of their noble rights, especially the right of return and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

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Sayyed Nasrallah: Qalamoun Battle Open, Who Defeated Zionist Will Crush Takfiris

Mohamed Salami

Hezbollah secretary General Sayyed Hasan 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."

In a live speech broadcast by Al-Manar TV channel, Sayyed Nasrallah said that 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, according to Sayyed Nasrallah.
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.

Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that Qalamoun battle resulted in:

1. Inflicting heavy losses upon the militant groups and expelling them from the areas of clashes.
2. Regaining 300 square kilometers of Lebanese and Syrian and Lebanese territories from the terrorist groups.
3. Linking the liberated Syrian barrens of Assal al-Ward with the Lebanese outskirts of Brital, Younin and Nahle in Bekaa.
4. Reaching a greater extent of security in the Lebanese and Syrian towns. (Absolute security requires eradicating the terrorists in the Lebanese barrens).
5. Gaining the ability to control the militants' movements in the whole area after liberating the hills and the mountains.

Hezbollah leader refuted all the circulated news which exaggerated the number of the party's martyrs, stressing that the Islamic Resistance sacrificed 13 of its sublime mujahidin in Qalamoun battle.

"In Qalamoun, the Lebanese and the Syrian blood mixed in face of the takfiri groups."
"In Lebanon, certain political forces launched an intimidation propaganda before and during Qalamoun battle, yet they forgot that nothing can weaken our determination," Sayyed Nasrallah added, "Also, those forces tried to cause a rift between Hezbollah and the Lebanese army."

"We appreciate the national role of the Lebanese army, and let the trouble makers keep away."

Sayyed Nasrallah greeted the spirits of the martyrs and hailed the sacrifices of their families as well as those of the mujahdin on the occasion of the victory.

Sayyed Nasrallah said that there are certain political forces which tried desperately to defend the terrorists in the barrens, describing them as "rebels".

Sayyed Nasrallah asked the soldiers and the officers of the Lebanese army and the security forces as well as the martyrs' families whether those are rebels or terrorists.

"Are those who kidnapped and killed the Lebanese army soldiers, assaulted the military posts and the residential areas in Bekaa, detonated the car bombs in different Lebanese areas and occupied swathes of the Lebanese territories in Arsal barrens rebels? Or terrorists?"

"Saudi Arabia blacklist Nusra Front and ISIL, and the Lebanese court as well as the international community consider them as terrorist groups, so why do those political forces support them?"

Sayyed Nasrallah added that the Lebanese government must assume its responsibilities or that the Lebanese locals in Bekaa who defeated the Israelis will eradicate the takfiri groups and expel them from their barrens."

"The locals in Bekaa have the right to expel the terrorists from their barrens and that objective will certainly be reached."
In a different context, Hezbollah Secretary General stressed that the Nakba (catastrophe) in Palestine which we mark its anniversary is the result of the Ummah's defeat caused by the British and the Zionist scheme.

Sayyed Nasrallah pointed out that "we have to study the causes of al-Nakba and identify the responsibilities in order for the contemporary generations to learn from the past experience".

Sayyed Nasrallah underscored that the takfiri plot is the new Ummah Nakbah (catastrophe) after the Palestinian one.

The Americans plot to fragment and destroy the Ummah through the takfiri groups, according to Sayyed Nasrallah.

On Bahrain, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the situation of the Bahraini jails and prisoners is miserable.

Sayyed Nasrallah addressed the Bahrainis: "You have to stick to your steadfastness in face of the regime oppression and the international community's silence."

On Yemen, Sayyed Nasrallah reiterated his condemnation for the US-Saudi aggression, stressing that it failed to reach any of its objectives.

"The Saudi-led aggression has succeeded only to kill, destroy, and violate the sanctities by razing the shrines."

Sayyed Nasrallah said: "Unfortunately, the barbaric and criminal Zionists did not destroy the shrines, while the Saudis did not respect any limit."

Sayyed Nasrallah further called on the Ummah to exert all the possible efforts to halt the Saudi aggression on Yemen.

Domestically, Sayyed Nasrallah urged the political forces to mull the proposals submitted by MP General Michel Aoun regarding the presidential deadlock.

Sayyed Nasrallah highlighted that all the Lebanese must be concerned with finding solutions to end the political dilemma as the presidential void affects all the parties negatively.

Hezbollah Secretary General refuted all the rumors on his medical situation and asserted that he does not suffer from any health problem.