Hezbollah Leader Defends Involvement in Syria
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is basing his involvement in the Syrian war on grounds that are both religious and having to do with the conflict with Israel, writes Jean Aziz.
![Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on television as a barber shaves a customer at a men's hairdresser shop in Beirut Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on television as a barber shaves a customer at a men's hairdresser shop in Beirut, April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZ5BG](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/05/RTXZ5BG-001.jpg/RTXZ5BG-001.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=Y5HnLNzn)
Over the past two days, Beirut has been busy pondering a key question: Why did Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah choose to give a speech this week, after he had been scheduled to make a televised appearance to Hezbollah media, from an unknown location, on May 9? What recent developments made it necessary reschedule the speech to April 30?
On that evening, Hezbollah’s secretary-general said that his speech was moved forward because the issues are too numerous and complex to be covered in a single speech and because the issues are of two types: Some are purely Lebanese while others are foreign-linked. He decided to address the purely Lebanese issues on May 9 and the foreign-linked ones on April 30.