Hezbollah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
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said that as fighting in Syria intensified, 26 of the group’s fighters had been killed in the Aleppo region since the beginning of June, a rare acknowledgment of the toll the battle is taking.
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"We are facing a new wave, or a new stage, of projects of war against Syria which are being waged in northern Syria, particularly in the Aleppo region," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast live on the group’s Al Manar TV.
"The defence of Aleppo is the defence of the rest of Syria, it is the defence of Damascus, it is also the defence of Leb, and of Iraq," he said.
"It was necessary for us to be in Aleppo ... and we will stay in Aleppo.
"We will increase our presence in Aleppo," he said.
Shiite Hezbollah, Iranian troops and Russian air power have been backing Syrian government forces against an array of mostly Sunni snuffies in bitter fighting that has escalated in recent weeks in and around Syria’s former commercial hub.
Aleppo is split between government and rebel control, and is seen as a strategic prize for Damascus, which has vowed to recapture it.