Hezbollah: Russia is arming us
- 8 years ago
Russia is providing Hezbollah with heavy weaponry, according to two of the Lebanese terrorist organization's field commanders.
The militants, who spoke with reporters from US media outlet The Daily Beast, said that as far as the Syrian civil war goes, the Assad regime, Hezbollah, Iran and Russia are operating in complete concert with one another.
One of the field commanders, who dubbed himself Commander Bakr, told The Daily Beast: "We are strategic allies in the Middle East right now – the Russians are our allies and give us weapons."
Another commander, who called himself Assir, told the outlet that Russia is relying more and more on Hezbollah – rather than the Syrian army – to guard Russia's arms depots inside Syria, which at the same time gives the Lebanese organization broad access to the depots' contents.
Assir also said that Moscow has given Hezbollah free reign to use its weapons as it sees fit – including against Israel.
The militants, who spoke with reporters from US media outlet The Daily Beast, said that as far as the Syrian civil war goes, the Assad regime, Hezbollah, Iran and Russia are operating in complete concert with one another.
One of the field commanders, who dubbed himself Commander Bakr, told The Daily Beast: "We are strategic allies in the Middle East right now – the Russians are our allies and give us weapons."
Another commander, who called himself Assir, told the outlet that Russia is relying more and more on Hezbollah – rather than the Syrian army – to guard Russia's arms depots inside Syria, which at the same time gives the Lebanese organization broad access to the depots' contents.
Assir also said that Moscow has given Hezbollah free reign to use its weapons as it sees fit – including against Israel.