Qaouq: Saudi Chiefly Responsible for Ongoing Aleppo Massacres

Deputy head of Hizbullah Sheikh Nabil Qaouq held on Monday Saudi Arabia responsible for the ongoing conflict in Syria, accusing it of being the main backer of takfiri and al-Qaida-linked groups, reported the National News Agency.

He said: “The Saudi regime is chiefly responsible for the ongoing bloody massacres taking place in Aleppo.”

It has funded and armed all branches of al-Qaida and the takfiri groups, he explained.

Saudi Arabia does not want to achieve peace in Syria, but it wants to keep on fueling strife, he added.

“It is no secret that Syria's al-Qaida affiliate is armed with Saudi weapons that did not make their way to the Lebanese army, but landed in the hands of the takfiris,” stressed the Hizbullah official.

He reiterated the party's accusations that Riyadh is stoking conflicts in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria, “while Israel is sitting comfortably.”

“Israel fears Hizbullah, but it does not fear the al-Nusra Front or Islamic State groups that are at its border in the Golan Heights.”

“Saudi Arabia is not concerned with Israel's weapons or its occupation or aggression, but it fears the defeat of takfiris in Syria.”

“The day in which Lebanon will become bound to Saudi Arabia's intentions will never arrive and neither will Syria fall in the hands of takfiri gangs.”

“We will keep on pursuing these gangs, because this is how we will serve our nation.”

“Syria's fall in the hands of takfiris will present a danger to Lebanon's national security and Saudi Arabia's regional policies are a danger to the Arab, Islamic, and Lebanese security,” warned Qaouq.

Riyadh earlier this year halted a grant worth billions of dollars to provide weapons to the Lebanese army due to Hizbullah's virulent stances against the kingdom and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil's abstention from voting for Arab resolutions condemning attacks against the Saudi embassy and consulate in Iran.

Saudi Arabia also urged its citizens against traveling to Lebanon. The countries of the Arab gulf later issued similar warnings and also labeled Hizbullah as a “terrorist group over its meddling in the affairs of Arab states.”

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D.A.