US implementing plots through Israel: Nasrallah

The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, says the US implements its hegemonic projects in the region through Israel. 

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks at the Sayyed al-Shohada complex in Dahieh on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram, the eve of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam.

The United States seeks to impose its hegemony on the region, Nasrallah said, referring to one of the major issues of the Middle East.

“The US, as an inheritor of the old colonial powers, and other forces such as France and Britain are seeking to impose hegemony on our region and countries. They want the region to be under their political, military, security, economic and cultural control,” he noted.

“They are after the region's oil, gas and riches ... The weak Arab and Islamic countries cannot even set the price of oil,” the Hezbollah chief stressed.

The Hezbollah secretary general commented on the support that the United States provides to the Israeli regime, saying, “The US wants us to accept Israel under the threat of waging all kinds of wars against us.”

"Washington launches proxy wars against those countries that seek to become independent and strong."

If the financial, economic, and military support that Washington grants Tel Aviv stops, Israel will definitely fail to exist, the Hezbollah chief stated.

The United States is always there to engage in wars when the Israeli regime is in danger, Nasrallah said.

Washington is an accomplice in the crimes committed by the Tel Aviv regime, he said, adding, “All of America's talks about human rights and democracy are meaningless because the biggest dictatorships in the region are sponsored by the US.”

US waging war because of failed plan

Nasrallah further slammed Washington for the crisis in the region, saying, “The current war in the region is under the leadership of the United States.”

He referred to the conflict in Syria, saying those fighting in Syria today are “serving the US interests.”

“The ongoing war is not for the sake of reforms, democracy, human rights, poverty or countering ignorance but it is rather aimed at subjugating those who rejected the US scheme and punishing those who defeated the New Middle East scheme in 2006,” Nasrallah said.

He went on to say that the resistance in Lebanon, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Palestine and Iran defeated the Western scheme called the New Middle East and “the US wants them to pay the price. This is how we should interpret the current battle.”

Nasrallah expressed confidence that the anti-Israeli resistance front will withstand the threats by Israel and Takfiris.

“We will not back down in this battle if anyone is betting on this. This is a battle that we believe in and we will win it.”

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