Syria won’t fall into US hands: Nasrallah

Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says Syria’s friends will not allow Damascus to fall into the hands of the US, Israel, and foreign-backed militants operating in the Arab country.

“Syria has real friends in the region and the world that will not let Syria fall into the hands of America, Israel or Takfiri groups; they will not let this happen,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech in Beirut on Tuesday.

He added that the efforts made by the Western and some Arab countries, which support the militants in Syria, are aimed at pulling Damascus out of the regional axis of resistance [against Israel].

“One can confidently say that the goal of all those behind the unrest in Syria is to destroy the Syrian state, people, society, and army in order to turn Syria into a failed state that cannot make decisions concerning its oil, gas, and assets,” he noted.

Hezbollah chief said the fact that the unrest in Syria has continued for two years indicates that the government in Damascus cannot be defeated through military means.

Nasrallah also stated that “a political settlement and a political solution for the Syrian situation” is the only way out of the current crisis in Syria.

Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of security forces and army personnel, have been killed in the violence.

Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.