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Nasrallah: 'The game is over'

In an interview with pan-Arab news channel Al-Mayadeen, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah talked about sensitive regional issues, mainly the Syrian crisis, saying that "the game is over" there with the failure of hostile plans.

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a ceremony celebrating the birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammed in Beirut's southern suburbs, January 9, 2015.  REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR4KQOH
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a ceremony celebrating the birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad in Beirut's southern suburbs, Jan. 9, 2015. — REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban

“The game is over,” Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said. “All hostile attempts to execute plans in Syria and Iraq failed,” he said in the three-hour interview with the pan-Arab news channel Al-Mayadeen on Jan. 15.

Nasrallah’s interview was packed with messages on Israel, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and Iran; in rhetoric, it 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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