Al Jazeera reports: Hezbollah issued a statement “categorically denying the false accusations from the Syrian interior ministry”.“The repetition of these claims by Syrian security authorities despite our repeated declarations that Hezbollah has no presence inside Syrian territory … raises major questions,” the Iran-backed group said. Advertisement It “suggests that there are those who seek to ignite tensions and strife between the Syrian and Lebanese peoples”, the group said.Hezbollah was a key ally of al-Assad, and its intervention was widely seen as pivotal in shifting Syria’s war in his favour in the years before he was removed.Before that, Syria had served as a crucial corridor for the transfer of Iranian weapons to Hezbollah.
Originally reported by Al Jazeera. This story has been edited and re-presented by BRIC Team.
