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Hezbollah Leader: Turkey & Saudi Arabia Prefer War Over Peace In Syria

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon has said that Saudi Arabia and Turkey have ulterior motives for wanting to send troops to Syria. Nasrallah, the Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah, accuses the Turks and the Saudis of wanting to”gain a foothold in the country.” He claims that the terrorists in Syria are on a loosing streak and that their backers are driven by “hatred” for the Syrian regime, and the groups that support them. Deutsche Welle reports: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says talk that Ankara and Riyadh plan to send troops into Syria to fight “Islamic State” (IS) militants was a “pretext” to launch a ground operation in Syria and then “gain a foothold” in the country. Nasrallah, who was addressing supporters in Beirut by satellite from his hideout, said the two countries favored a prolonged war in Syria rather than agreeing to a settlement which would lead to President Bashar al-Assad staying in power. Hezbollah fighters operate in Syria fighting alongside Assad’s forces. Turkey won’t go it alone Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters that calls for a ground operation went further than Ankara and Riyadh. “Some countries like us, [...]