Pencilneckal-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
has pledged that Damascus will continue to back
...In 2020 Hezbollah blew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate facility exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that. And it ain't never coming to trial...’s Iran-backed
Hezbollah."We have supported Hezbollah, we are still supporting it and we will continue to support it, because it is a strategic ally for us," Assad repotedly said in an interview with a number of journalists.
Moreover, Assad voiced conern over Lebanon and its future amid the current situation, describing the neighboring country as "Syria’s main flank."
"Stability in it is very important for Syria," Assad added.
Hezbollah has sent thousands of fighters to bolster Assad’s forces in the face of the revolt that erupted in 2011.
The Syrian leader’s remarks coincide with remarks by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
, who said Saturday that "Iran’s active policy in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq led to foiling America’s plot in these countries."
"We will continue our support for the resistance forces in the region, Lebanon and Paleostine," Khamenei added.