Nasrallah: Mosul Victory a Chance to Eradicate ISIL Completely

BEIRUT- Mosul victory is great and that it tops a series of accumulating victories over ISIL terrorists, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed Tuesday, considering that what has happened in Iraq affects the destiny of the entire Umma, according to al-Manar TV.

In a televised speech, Sayyed Nasrallah congratulated the Iraqi people, army and government as well as the families of the martyrs and the wounded on the great historical victory in Mosul.

 He said that ISIL invasion of Mosul in 2014 was eminent and pushed many Iraqis to get frustrated and disappointed. But, the Iraqi people decided to fight ISIL terrorist organization and to make their future themselves without waiting for Arab, Islamic or American decisions.

He pointed out that the popular support for the Iraqi army and the brave stance of men of religion who called for fighting ISIL refuting the claims that the battle was sectarian, have been the main factors that led to this historical victory.

To restore security across the rest of Iraqi areas, the Iraqi forces have to keep on fighting ISIL, said Sayyed Nasrallah who added that there is a historical chance to completely eradicate the takfiri group in Iraq, Syria and the entire region.

Nasrallah went on to say that the US officials acknowledged that Obama’s administration established ISIL and that the American assistance to the Iraqi army is controversial. He stressed that showing the victory in Mosul as being because of the Americans is something wrong.

On the situation of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon who left their homeland because of terrorism, Nasrallah said the Lebanese government should communicate with the Syrian authorities in order to end this crisis and help the displaced Syrians return to their homeland for moral, social and economic considerations in Lebanon and Syria.

He rejected local attempts in Lebanon to prolong the Syrian refugees calamity in order to receive foreign aids.

Arsal Barrens

Hezbollah Secretary General asserted that the terrorists in Arsal barrens represent a main threat to all the Lebanese as some of the suicide bombings get prepared in that area, adding that it is high time that such terrorist dangers get eliminated.

“Arsal terrorists still have a short time to surrender and approve the offered settlement, and this is the last time I tackle this issue,” Sayyed Nasrallah said, “It’s about time we put an end to the threat of the militant groups.”

“We reject to keep the Lebanese worried about the peril posed by those terrorists who carry out the plots ordered by their commanders in the terrorist-held Syrian city of Raqqa.”

Sayyed Nasrallah added that the Lebanese army will control all the Lebanese territories after liberating Arsal town and its barrens.

Hezbollah chief also greeted the Lebanese army and security agencies for their mighty efforts to fight the takfiri groups in Arsal barrens and arrest the members terrorist cells as well as their masterminds and funders across the country.

Sayyed Nasrallah pointed out that if these cells and would-be suicide bombers had been able to carry out their plots, Lebanon would have suffered from hard economic and security situations, adding that what Hezbollah and the Lebanese army has done in Arsal has diminished the terrorist threat.

Hamda Mustafa