Nasrallah, Franjieh Discuss Situation in Gaza, Iraq
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held talks on Saturday with Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh, and both men discussed the situation in the country and the region.
Nasrallah and Franjieh gave special attention to the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip and underscored the “exodus of Christians and the killing of Muslims" in the Iraq's Mosul, a statement published on Marada's official website revealed.
More than 1,650 people have been killed and 9,000 others wounded in 25 days of Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.
Although Hizbullah has so far distanced itself from the ongoing Gaza violence, Nasrallah announced last week that the party is ready to support Palestinians “with all available means” if necessary.
Meanwhile in Iraq, thousands of Christians and other minorities have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and other areas after Islamic State insurgents led a sweep across Iraq's north and west last month.
The militants had ordered Christian families to convert to Islam or leave the city, prompting the mass exodus.
Those who failed to comply were threatened with execution, and the property of those who left was forfeited to the Islamic State.
S.D.B.
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