Hezbollah rejects US 'terrorist' threats to hit Syria
05 Sep 201318:24 PM
Hezbollah rejects US 'terrorist' threats to hit Syria

The Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc on Thursday condemned plans for US-led military action against Damascus as "organized terrorism."

"US aggression against Syria, or the threat of it, is... organized terrorism and threatens the region and its people," MP Hassan Fadlallah said following the meeting.

It warned that any military action would pose a "threat to regional and international peace and security."

The group's statement said the threatened military action was intended to "support Israel and tighten the grip of Western colonialism on the region."

"The involvement of the US administration in direct aggression against Syria confirms Hezbollah's conviction that the [Syrian] crisis... is part of a strategic plot intended to place the region under foreign control," it added.