Hizbullah Dismisses Reports Published by Reuters
Hizbullah's media office issued a statement on Saturday stressing that the party does not make statements to the press under the so-called “Hizbullah sources” and has therefore denied reports published by Reuters in that regard.
“Hizbullah's media office reminds that the familiar media policy we follow never uses the so-called 'Hizbullah sources' in our statements, and we do not use 'sources close to Hizbullah,'” the party's media office said in a statement.
“A report (citing Hizbullah sources) was published by Reuters commenting on the speech of Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally commemorating the annual Hizbullah Martyrs Leaders' Day. We emphasize that none of Hizbullah's officials made a statement of this kind,” said the statement.
Quoting "sources familiar with Hizbullah's thinking", Reuters reported on Friday that “Nasrallah's statements aimed to deliver a message to U.S. President Donald Trump.”
Reuters has also quoted the source as saying that “Hizbullah is not worried about the arrival of Trump to the presidency but has rather called him an idiot and has drawn “red lines” to prevent any threatening action against Lebanon or the party.”
The source added: “Remarks made by Nasrallah earlier this week were aimed at delivering a message to the new US administration led by Donald Trump that Hizbullah might target US interests by striking vital sites in Israel.”
According to Reuters, Trump and his administration have used rough rhetoric earlier against Iran, Hizbullah's patron, to support its Israeli enemy, including an "official warning" to Tehran after test-firing a ballistic missile which the US said violates a nuclear deal.
Source: Naharnet
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