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Nasrallah "between the lines" on Syria

As reported by Ali Hashem for Al-Monitor, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s remarks in an interview with Al Mayadeen TV on Jan. 15 may have seemed “offensive, non-conciliatory and threatening, yet between the lines, there were stances that could be seen as new and promising, mainly on Syria.”

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