Hezbollah's leader denied on Friday accusations that his Iran-backed movement has arms warehoused at Beirut port, backing an investigation into a huge blast there that rocked the city.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised speech following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 7, 2020 in this still picture taken from a video. AL-MANAR/Handout via REUTERS
In a televised speech, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called Tuesday’s explosion “an exceptional event” in Lebanon’s modern history that required unity and calm. The heavily armed Shi’ite Hezbollah would make its “strong” political position clear later, after the dust settles, he added. Rescuers were sifting rubble to find anyone still alive after the explosion that killed 154 people, injured 5,000, and smashed a swathe of the Mediterranean city.
Nasrallah said that from right after the blast, some political powers in Lebanon and the region had sought to blame Hezbollah - which is a big backer of the current government along with its allies.
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