Sayyed Nasrallah: Saudi Opposes Iran because It Is Hostile to Israel    

Sayyed Hasan Nasralla hHezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed on Monday that the conflict in the region is purely political, yet the religious differences are being used and exploited in such regional battles, in contrary to the righteous struggle that Hezbollah is fighting against the Zionist enemy.
During an interview aired live on the Syrian al-Ekhbariya channel, Sayyed Nasrallah recalled the Arab and Saudi relations with the ousted Iranian President Shah Mohammad Reda Bahlawi that was excellent because he was their ally under the US rule despite that he was Shiite.
"When the Islamic revolution went off, and the ties with the United States and Israel were cut, a new rhetoric emerged," his eminence stated, noting that Hezbollah has no problem with the Jews, "but with the Zionists who occupied our land."
On Syria, Sayyed Nasrallah reiterated that getting involved in the war was a pure choice of Hezbollah alone, and that the party can shoulder the full responsibility for his decision.
"From the very beginning, we anticipated that the war in Syria will be long and harsh... because a huge battle was being prepared."
His eminence explained that the reasons behind targeting Syria are not only due to its support for the resistance, but also because it has been an independent state during the last decades by making its own decisions and planning its strategy.
"Syria is also a central state in the region, and no one can set the future of the region aside from Syria or from the Syrian will," Sayyed Nasrallah said, noting that the western camp thought President Bashar al-Assad was in need to their support and relations in order to strengthen his legitimacy following the demise of his father, and thus they tried to confiscate the Syrian will.
"Assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri had set the scenario to accuse Syria, and Syria was obliged to withdraw from Lebanon, but it didn't submit (to the western will)," Sayyed Nasrallah said, adding that following the Zionist July 2006 war on Lebanon, the western camp tried to communicate with Assad but he refused to submit to anyone.
"For these reasons, the desire to seize control over Syria or to destroy it has emerged. The battle in Syria is the battle of resistance and of Syria's independence," he said.