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Nasrallah on Syria: 'This Battle Is Ours'

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declares war on Salafist groups and calls for "political dialogue" in Syria.
A boy wearing an army suit is held by people as they watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as he appears on a screen during a live broadcast to speak to his supporters at an event marking Resistance and Liberation Day, in Bekaa valley May 25, 2013. The event is to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) MEDIA ANNIVERSARY) - RTX100EC

This Sunday [May 26] in Beirut’s southern suburb, Hezbollah’s stronghold, wasn’t like any other Sunday. Less than 24 hours after the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah announced it's officially their war in Syria, two Katyusha rockets landed in the area, wounding five Syrian nationals working there. It’s only the beginning, many here admit, “We are behind Hezbollah ... Katyushas won’t scare us,” said a man who lives a few meters away from where the rocket hit.

Lebanese authorities said three rockets were launched from Mount Lebanon, two landed in the capital’s southern suburb and the third just a few meters from the launching site.

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