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ezbollah reaffirms support to Syrian regime

21 November 2011 23:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah confirmed Monday its support to Syria and Iran against " international conspiracies" and said it opposed that Lebanon be used as a launch pad for plots against its biggest neighbor, APA reports.

"What is taking place in Syria is an international conspiracy that targets Syria due to its position as a rejectionist state as well as its supportive policies to Arab and Islamic resistance movements, especially in Palestine," Hezbollah and its ally Lebanese Shiite group the Amal Movement said in a joint statement.

"We affirm our support to Syria, its people, army and institutions, and oppose the use of Lebanon as a launch pad to conspire against sisterly Syria," the statement added.

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement also voiced their firm support to Iran in the face of "American and Israeli threats."

Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly warned that any attack on either Syria or Iran would drown the rest of the region into conflict.

Damascus has come under increasing regional and international pressure to cease a crackdown on protesters calling for reforms in the country since mid-March.

The United Nations said some 3,500 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the unrest since earlier this year. Syrian authorities denied targeting civilians, blaming the deaths on " armed gangs."