US EditionIraq’s Kataib Hezbollah Warns of ‘Total War’ if Iran Is Attacked
- On Sunday, Kataib Hezbollah warned of a `total war` if Iran is attacked and signalled it would militarily support Tehran as the United States amasses assets in the region.
- Tensions have risen as the United States increased its military presence with an aircraft carrier strike group, while airlines suspended regional flights amid boiling US–Iran tensions.
- Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, Kataib Hezbollah chief, called on fighters to prepare for war, warning that `the forces of darkness` are gathering and describing Iran as the `fortress and pride` of Muslims.
- Mediators warned that US and Israeli strikes were under consideration and a war could ignite the entire region, while allies did not aid Iran last year but Kataib Hezbollah pledged `this time would be different`.
- Diplomatic pressure on Iraq increased as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to keep distance from Iran, while Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs vowed firm military response on Monday.
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Radio France Internationale
i24NEWSHezbollah will consider itself "targeted" by any possible American attack on Iran, which is likely to "flame" the region, warned on Monday in a speech Sheikh Naim Qassem, the leader of the Lebanese formation supported by Tehran.
Lebanon's Hezbollah chief says group concerned with confronting US threat against Iran
BEIRUT, Jan 26 - The leader of Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement, Naim Qassem, said on Monday that his group was concerned about confronting Washington's threat against Iran, particularly any threat against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Monday that any attack on the movement's backer Tehran would also target the militants, and warned that any new war against Iran would lead to conflict in the region.
In a statement to the Shafaq News Agency, they said: "We call on the Mujahideen brothers in the outskirts of the land and its Moroccans to prepare for an all-out war in support and support of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has stood for more than four decades and has failed to care for a sect, colour, or race." She added: "Today, the forces of error from the Zionists of the land and its vessels are gathered to try to subdue it (Iran) but to…
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