The head of the Shia Iraqi militia Harakat Al-Nujaba pledged to stand alongside its Lebanese ally Hizbollah if a new war breaks out with Israel, like reported by gulftoday.ae.
Harakat Al-Nujaba and Hezbollah have fought side-by-side to bolster Syrian government troops since 2013, most prominently against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria.
On Tuesday, the movement’s secretary general Akram al-Kaabi visited the tomb of top Hizbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh to commemorate the 10 years since his death.
“We in the Iraqi resistance stand with Hizbollah, and we will stand with Hizbollah in any Israeli attack or action against it,” Kaabi said.
He pledged to fight “with Hizbollah in a single row, on a single front, just as we stood with them on a single front in Iraq or Syria.”
Kaabi spoke in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hizbollah has a strong support base.
Both Harakat al-Nujaba and Hizbollah are backed by Iran.
They fought alongside Syrian government troops and other allied militia to oust Daesh from key cities in eastern Syria last year, including Albu Kamal.
Hizbollah has also dispatched top commanders and advisers to Iraq to help the paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi force.
In June, Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned that hundreds of thousands of Arab and Muslim fighters would be ready to fight against Israel if it waged a new Pttack.
Participation
It “would open the door for hundreds of thousands of fighters from all around the Arab and Islamic world to participate in this fight — from Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,” he said.
Kaabi is the second top Iraqi militia leader in recent months to come to Lebanon in a show of support to Hizbollah.
