Our Priority is Fighting Terrorism

Counterterrorism and preserving stability in Lebanon are Hezbollah’s main priorities, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said Tuesday. According to The Daily Star, Nasrallah’s comments were made during a meeting with the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani. In light of “complex and unprecedented threats” constituting an “existential threat” to the region, “Hezbollah made it a priority to confront terrorism and prevent the spillover of the [Syrian] crisis into Lebanon,” read a statement released by the group’s media office Tuesday. Nasrallah stressed that counterterrorism required “real action and not theatrics,” especially now that terrorist groups have threatened to execute their Lebanese hostages…

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