Hezbollah's Qassem warns new Syria rulers against Israel ties
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that Syria's new rulers, who ousted the Lebanese armed group's ally Bashar al-Assad, should not recognize neighboring Israel or establish ties with it.
"We hope that this new party in power will see Israel as an enemy and not normalize relations with it," Qassem said in a televised speech, his first public remarks since Islamist-led rebels toppled Assad following an offensive launched on November 27, the same day that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.
Qassem admitted that his group can no longer be supplied militarily through Syria.
"Hezbollah lost a military supply line via Syria," Qassem said in a televised address in which he added that "the resistance must adapt to the circumstances."
Source: Agence France Presse
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