Nasrallah: We are not Obligated to any Side that the FPM Allies itself with in Municipal Polls

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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah emphasized on Thursday the party's commitment towards its ally the Free Patriotic Movement in the municipal elections, saying that the victorious candidates will serve all who “voted for us and those who did not vote for us.”

He said during a Hizbullah ceremony marking the "resistance's wounded fighters": “We are not obligated towards any side that the Free Patriotic Movement chooses to ally itself with during the municipal polls.”

He made his statement in reference to the FPM's alliance in the polls with the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb Party.

Nasrallah explained that these alliances seek to serve the people, but that they also have political objectives.

“We ally ourselves with our friends, not our foes, who have not spared any media outlet to slander us. We respect ourselves and our supporters and we do not stab our allies in the back.”

“We hope the next stages of the municipal elections will run as smoothly as the ones held over the weekend,” added the Hizbullah chief.

Beirut and the Bekaa regions witnessed on May 8 the first stage of municipal polls.

The next stage will be held in the Mount Lebanon region on Sunday. They will be followed by polls in the South and Nabatieh on May 22 and the North and Akkar on May 29.

Addressing regional developments, Nasrallah remarked that the Islamic State group is a U.S. product “aimed at destroying the resistance movements in the region.”

He explained that the U.S. first came up with the idea of using fighters “trained in Wahhabi thought” in order to defeat the Soviet Union.

It sought to use a similar approach, through the IS, in defeating the “spirit and will of the resistance.”

“The West does not have a problem with Muslims, but with the movements and people who reject the Israeli occupation of Palestine. They have a problem with all those who reject foreign hegemony in the region.”

“They have a problem with all who believe in the resistance,” stated Nasrallah.

“How are they going to fight them? They attempted to do so through direct combat in Lebanon in 2006 and later in Gaza, but they failed,” he noted.

They therefore resorted to the IS, said the Hizbullah chief.

“They want the IS to reach all of Iran's borders and even within Iran itself. The Saudi regime is trying to do so. The IS is a means to achieve U.S. goals as demonstrated through the return of American troops in Iraq.

“This is not a regional Sunni-Shiite battle, but this is all an attempt to break the rise of resistance movements.”

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Y.R.

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  • 12 May 2016, 18:13

    Nasrallah: We have nothing to do with the elections in Beirut and the speculation that took place there. Hizbullah made the choice not run against the Mustaqbal candidates in Beirut.

  • 12 May 2016, 18:12

    Nasrallah: We are not obligated towards those whom our allies sided with in the elections.

  • 12 May 2016, 18:12

    Nasrallah: We have do not stab our allies in the back.

  • 12 May 2016, 18:12

    Nasrallah: Hizbullah is committed to the FPM in the polls, not the LF or Kataeb, regardless if the FPM is committed to them.

  • 12 May 2016, 18:07

    Nasrallah: We ally ourselves with our friends, not our foes, who have not spared any media outlet to slander us. We respect ourselves and our supporters.

  • 12 May 2016, 18:06

    Nasrallah: Alliances forged during the polls have aims to serve the people, but are also based on political interests.

  • 12 May 2016, 18:04

    Nasrallah: We vow that the municipal council will serve all who voted for them and didn't vote for them.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:59

    Nasrallah: I thank the voters who voted for our candidates in the Bekaa.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:58

    Nasrallah: We hope the next stages of the municipal elections will run as smoothly as the ones held over the weekend.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:53

    Nasrallah: Christians have paid the price in Iraq and the region, but not in Lebanon. The West is also starting to pay the price as we have seen in Paris and Brussels.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:52

    Nasrallah: Christians in Lebanon and the region should not seek shelter from the U.S. against the IS, because it is responsible for this group.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:52

    Nasrallah: Muslims should not be fooled by the Islamic State, which is being funded by the U.S.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:51

    Nasrallah: This is not a regional Sunni-Shiite battle, but this is all an attempt to break the rise of resistance movements.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:50

    Nasrallah: They seek to tarnish Hizbullah's image to destroy it.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:49

    Nasrallah: The IS is a means to achieve U.S. goals as demonstrated through the return of American troops in Iraq.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:47

    Nasrallah: They want the IS to reach all of Iran's borders and even within Iran itself. The Saudi regime is trying to do so.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:40

    Nasrallah: They sought to fight us through direct means, such as the 2006 war with Israel, but they failed and so they are seeking the same method they adopted when they fought the Soviet Union.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:38

    Nasrallah: The West does not have a problem with Muslims, but with the movements and people who reject Israeli occupation of Palestine. They have a problem with all those who reject foreign hegemony in the region.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:37

    Nasrallah: How is the U.S. to combat this new enemy?

  • 12 May 2016, 17:37

    Nasrallah: The U.S., Israel, and the West have a problem today, called the axis of resistance, embodied in Iran, Syria, and the resistance movements in Lebanon and Palestine.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:29

    Nasrallah: When the IS incurs losses in the eastern mountain range in Lebanon, it carries out bombings in Bourj al-Barajneh.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:29

    Nasrallah: When the IS incurs defeats in Palmyra, it carries out bombings in Damascus.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:28

    Nasrallah: The Islamic State takes pride in killing women and children in Baghdad.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:27

    Nasrallah: There is a great difference between the current “nakba” and the one of 1948. There are groups that currently exist that will stand in the way of this new “nakba”.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:26

    Nasrallah: The U.S. and its regional allies have brought takfiri and barbaric terrorist groups aimed at destroying the spirit and will of the resistance.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:25

    Nasrallah: A similar “nakba” is taking place in the region through the United States.

  • 12 May 2016, 17:23

    Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during party ceremony: Today marks the anniversary of the “Nakba” in Palestine.

Comments 12
Thumb EagleDawn 12 May 2016, 17:24

the day this Iranian sectarian terrorist is brutally murdered is the day we celebrate our independence.

Thumb norma-jean 12 May 2016, 20:47

Cutie;

I started saying Allahu Akbar.

Default-user-icon Gezahegn (Guest) 13 May 2016, 14:43

You are ignorant zionist.

Thumb barrymore 12 May 2016, 17:41

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during party ceremony: Today marks the anniversary of the “Nakba” in Palestine.

and he is still talking about Palestine?! He and his terrorist party caused more misery in the Arab world than Israel ever did.

Thumb justin 12 May 2016, 21:32

why do you feel the need to insult everyone who does not share your point of view?

Thumb Elemental 12 May 2016, 18:39

Here's this Iranian preaching as if he cares for Christians, making them think it's either HA/Iran or ISIS as the only choices Christians have. Listen here you pompous child, real Christians will never support EITHER of you. The one's who support you are sellouts, and the rest aren't dumb enough to fall for your words. The Christians have always been caught in your Iranian dirty games, and now you openly admit they're pawns being played by BOTH of you. I've heard alot of stupid words from both your Iranian HA and ISIS...you're equally garbage, you never once cared, nor ever will for Christians; They are pawns for your amusement and nothing more. Keep up the lies and empty words, I have no idea how you wake every morning so delusional...oh right! Opiates...

Thumb Elemental 12 May 2016, 18:43

Oh and as for Paris? See, you fools hide behind political correctness, using "profiling" as your little tool to evade authorities. Those days are coming to an end thankfully, I'm glad the regular population is finally waking up to your dirty manipulation.

Thumb Elemental 12 May 2016, 21:04

Bighasan, as usual you talk nonsense. Thanks for disrespecting Christians yet again, thus proving my point. Primitives like you will never break beyond your programming.

Thumb marcus 12 May 2016, 21:03

yes of course! Hussain is/was a resistance movement. What a stone aged thinker you are.

Thumb marcus 12 May 2016, 21:05

who are the Americans bombing in Syria, Yemen and Iraq? Assad you think or maybe Hezbollah? I laugh at your comments and the world you live in.

Thumb Elemental 12 May 2016, 21:07

Native Iranians, now quit your whining bighasan. Never occurred to you that there are ones who aren't with you or Zionism? You're acting like a spoiled child who can't take no for an answer.

Missing people-power 13 May 2016, 06:10

Mustafa Badreddine is dead.... good riddance.

This filthy terrorist was responsible for many crimes, including the murder of Rafik Hariri, and the murder of many other innocent politicians, journalists, and security personnel.