The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group launched a verbal attack against Saudi Arabia on Monday, saying Riyadh helped spread extremist Islamic ideology worldwide.
Hassan Nasrallah's statements during a speech watched by supporters in a suburb of Beirut, came in response to comments by King Salman, who called on the Lebanese in a speech last week "to end the terrorist Hezbollah's control" of Lebanon.
"Your highness the king, the terrorist is (the side) who exported Wahhabi-Daeshi ideology to the world and they are you," Nasrallah said, referring to the Islamic State group using its Arabic acronym of Daesh.
During the speech, on the 2nd anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Nasrallah went on to blame Saudi Arabia for sending Saudi suicide attackers to Syria and Iraq as well as for the war in Yemen.
He also railed against the continued presence of US forces in Iraq.
Nasrallah's comments come as Lebanese authorities are trying to mend relations with Saudi Arabia that hit low levels in October 2021 when the kingdom recalled its ambassador from Beirut and banned all Lebanese imports.
The Saudi move followed comments by a Lebanese Cabinet minister who said in a televised interview that the war in Yemen was futile and called it an aggression by the Saudi-led coalition.
AP
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