Lebanon's Hezbollah chief calls French cartoons "an aggression"
31 Oct 2020 / 03:30 H.
BEIRUT, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah on Friday described French cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad as an aggression and likened Paris sticking by them to "declaring a sort of war".
In a televised speech, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said French authorities had worsened a standoff over the caricatures, which stirred anger among Muslims, by being stubborn.
The head of the heavily armed Shi'ite movement condemned this week's fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, but said Western leaders also bore responsibility for such crimes because of their roles in Middle East conflicts. (Reporting by Ellen Francis and Laila Bassam; editing by Diane Craft)
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