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Bassil: Hezbollah has lost domestic legitimacy, justification for defending Lebanon

Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil suggested Thursday that Hezbollah "has lost its internal legitimacy" and "its justification for

defending Lebanon."

"The great damage to Lebanon is caused by Hezbollah," Bassil, once a key ally of Hezbollah, said in an interview with Al-Arabiya's Al-Hadath channel.

"Hezbollah gained its strength from Iran," Bassil noted, adding that "we cannot isolate ourselves from our (Arab) surroundings."

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