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Nasrallah calls for regional action against US military

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, called for expelling US troops from the region in response to the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, adding that US military assets will be targeted.

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Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a funeral ceremony rally to mourn Qasem Soleimani, in Beirut's suburbs, Jan. 5, 2020. — REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has called for the ouster of US forces from the region in response to the assassinations of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and the deputy head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Soleimani and Muhandis were killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3.

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