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| Report: senior Russian military official meets with Nasrallah | |
| 2017-07-11 | |
A high-ranking Russian military official recently visited a southern suburb in Beirut where he met with Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah along with other senior military activists from the terror group, a Lebanese news site reported Monday. According to the report, the Russian official paid the visit in order to deliver a message from his bosses in the Kremlin that Hezbollah may be called upon to play a role in the conflict raging in the country in the near future. In all likelihood, that role would require actions in support of the Assad regime, which is being propped up by Moscow. The relationship between Russia and Hezbollah is well known, with some even positing that Russia supplies the Shiite turban group with advanced weaponry. But the claims are inconsistent with numerous Russian promises to Israel that Russian weaponry would not fall into the hands of the group. Israel has carried out a number of attacks on weapons caches being transported to Hezbollah. Against the backdrop of these attacks, Moscow has denied sanctioning Israeli strikes in Syrian air space against Hezbollah. Amid rumors of the alleged meeting between Nasrallah and the Russian military, the current ceasefire in south Syria agreed upon by the United States and Russia has continued to hold. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Russia is only interested in strengthening the ceasefire and is searching for possibilities to widen the cooperation with the Trump administration to bring about an end to the crisis in Syria which has claimed untold numbers of lives. "We are in constant contact with the American officials and are interested in promoting a ceasefire in other areas in Syria," Lavrov said during a presser. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 A high-ranking Russian military official recently visited a southern suburb in Beirut where he met with Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah "This is ridiculous! I can't talk to you like this. Come out from under your daughter's bed. And, really. Who buys Little Mermaid stuff anymore? It's all Frozen with little girls right now!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-07-11 20:39 |
| #2 there is more for Russia to discuss than this Hezbollah troops have not carried out some of the assignments that Russia wanted them to do no doubt Hezbollah had their reasons but also Russia had their reasons for wanting the work done |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-07-11 16:04 |
| #1 Amid rumors of the alleged meeting between Nasrallah and the Russian military, the current What is the Over/Under Estimate by the Rantburg Crew for how long it will take the Syrian Army/Hezbollah to rearm for the next push? Two weeks? |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-07-11 12:07 |