Nasrallah to Deliver Speech on Tuesday
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected to make a televised speech on Tuesday to tackle the latest local and regional developments.
Nasrallah will deliver his speech around 8:30 pm.
His word is expected to focus on the developments in Syria and Yemen, in addition to the local political crisis, in particular the presidential vacuum.
Hizbullah has been recently directing a barrage of criticism at Saudi Arabia over its airstrike campaign targeting Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels.
The party's officials have warned Riyadh that it would be defeated and would pay a heavy price for its attacks.
The party is also engaged in battles in Syria alongside the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad against gunmen. Media reports expect a fierce battle between the two sides in the Qalamoun in the upcoming days.
Locally, Nasrallah met recently with his ally Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun. The two officials discussed the presidential vacuum and the terms of high-ranking security officials.
The military posts in Lebanon are suffering as the result of the months-long presidential vacuum in light of the parliament's failure to elect a successor for Michel Suleiman whose tenure ended in May last year. The vacuum threatens the ISF as chief Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Basbous is set to retire in June and army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji term, which expires at the end of September.
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