Countries that have expressed solidarity with the death of Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah

Various countries, incl Russia, Türkiye, Iran, Venezuela and South Africacondemned the death of the terrorist leader Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahin the Israeli bombing of Beirut and called it an action that could trigger an escalation of violence in Middle East and threaten regional stability.

The Lebanese terror group confirmed the death of its leader without giving further details, while Israel said Nasrallah died in a bomb attack carried out by its forces on the outskirts of Beirut last Friday.

The Israeli army secured the day completely eliminated Hezbollah’s military leadership, including its top leader, and said it was prepared for a “wider escalation” in the event of a regime-coordinated retaliatory attack. Iran.

Israel attacked Beirut on September 20 and as a result killed Commander of Military Operations and Elite Forces Radwan, Ibrahim Aqil and 16 other members of the group and dozens of civilians. At the end of July, during another bombing in Beirut, then Hezbollah’s number two, Fuad Shukr.

Following this wave of Israeli bombings, the terrorist group’s allies expressed their support for the Lebanese organization. In the case of Latin America, dictator Nicolás Maduro sent a tumultuous message of support to terrorists, recalling Nasrallah as “the leader of the Muslim world.”

Russia on Saturday strongly condemned what he described as “political murder”: “We strongly condemn another political murder committed by Israel,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that the action could bring “even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East.”

According to Moscow, Israel was aware of this danger but decided to act anyway and “kill Lebanese citizens, which will almost inevitably trigger a new wave of violence”.

Therefore, Israel “takes full responsibility for the subsequent escalation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry indicated, urging Tel Aviv to immediately cease hostilities.

“This would stop the bloodshed and create the conditions for a political and diplomatic settlement,” the ministry said.

Regime Recep Tayyip Erdogan He referred to Israel’s “genocidal policy” for its bombing of Lebanon. “Lebanon and the Lebanese people are the new target of the policies of genocide, occupation and invasion carried out by Israel since last October 7,” the president said in a message on his X account, formerly Twitter.

He recalled that Israel’s “savage attacks” last week “killed many Lebanese, including children”, and defined these attacks as “unacceptable, unjustifiable and impossible to consider legal”.

Ankara has also not made an official statement regarding sabotage of pagers and radio transmitters, attributed to Israel, in which several dozen Hezbollah members died last week.

“We believe that the Islamic world must show a more decisive attitude in the face of these attacks,” Erdogan said today in his message, in which he again condemned the “inhuman aggression” of Israel.

Dictator Bashar al-Assad close ties to Hezbollah, assured this Sunday that “the resistance is not weakened by the martyrdom of its leader”, in a condolence message on the death of the Lebanese terrorist leader.

The message, which was addressed to Lebanon’s National Resistance and Nasrallah’s family, said the terrorist’s death in an Israeli attack did not mark the end of the resistance “but rather remains firmly rooted in hearts and minds”.

“Great leaders build a doctrine and a path of struggle in their lives and leave behind an intellectual system of resistance and honor,” says the note, which emphasizes that “resistance is an idea and a thought, and “martyr Nasrallah is its monument. and its history.”

Al Assad expressed his gratitude to Hezbollah for its support to the country and assured that “Martyr Nasrallah “Syrians will remember him for leading the Lebanese resistance alongside Syria in its war against Zionism.”

“We are confident that the Lebanese National Resistance will continue the path of struggle and truth in the face of occupation and will continue to be the arm that supports the Palestinian people in their struggle for their just cause,” he concluded.

Hezbollah was one of the main allies of the Syrian regime Al Assad sa considerable influence on Syrian politics, especially since 2012, when the country entered an internal conflict involving regional and international actors, including Russia and Iran.

Dictator Nicolas Maduroduring the event in Caracas, he spoke of death in Beirut from the head of Hezbollah: “The assassination of the leader of the Muslim world, the Arab nations, Mr. Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, was announced today.”

And he continued: “And I want to express solidarity with Hezbollah, with his family, with the people of Lebanon, on behalf of the historical revolutionary bloc of the Bolivarian Forces of Venezuela.”

Maduro, with known ties to Islamic extremism and accused of serious crimes against humanity in Venezuela, said Israel ordered the attack “from the New York headquarters of the United Nations.”

“The cowards of the world are silent, but the rebellious people will not silence our voices. Therefore, I call on the people of the world, the Muslim people, the Arab people, to raise their voices and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, with the people of Lebanon,” he concluded.

He Cuban dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel, also condemned the death of Nasrallah this Saturday: “We condemn the cowardly selective killing of Hasan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, as a result of an attack by Israel on residential buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which caused the destruction and death of innocent civilians.”

He believed that this fact “seriously threatens regional and global peace and security, for which Israel bears full responsibility with the complicity of the United States.”

In Iran, the leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, declared five days of mourning after the “barbaric murder”.

“This appalling crime is proof of the terrorist nature of the Zionist regime,” the Iranian leader said, Iranian media reported.

For his part, the Iranian president, Masud Pezeshkianhe singled out the United States for “complicity” in the “crimes of the Israeli regime” in Lebanon and condemned Israel’s “terrorist attack” against Nasrallah, which “only further strengthens the upright tree of resistance.”

“Nasrallah’s name will forever shine on the front of Islam,” says Pezeshkian, who warned that “the international community will not forget that the order to attack Beirut came from New York.”

From New York, Persian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchihe warned that “all options are open” for conflict with Israel, including war, and warned that the Islamic Republic would respond after the deaths of Nasrallah and the Revolutionary Guard commander.

For its part, the government South Africa condemned the “escalation of extrajudicial executions” in the Middle East, including the “tragic murder” of Nasrallah.

“The scale of damage caused by these indiscriminate explosions is deeply disturbing and deserves the strong condemnation of the international community. These attacks against civilians constitute serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law,” South Africa’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said in a statement released late Saturday.

South Africa expressed its condolences to the families of the victims and its solidarity and support to the government of Lebanon “in these difficult times” of “continuous attacks” by Israel.

“These actions serve to exacerbate the already tense situation in the Middle East and appear to be aimed at undermining international peace efforts in the region,” the South African government said.

South Africa “unequivocally condemns these targeted killings and the recent bombing campaign against Lebanon, which has caused the tragic loss of more than 720 lives since the conflict escalated on Monday,” added the ministry-led Ronald Lamola.

And he called for the perpetrators of these “deliberate crimes” to be held accountable through an “international and transparent investigation.”

He also urged an immediate ceasefire and adherence to international law “to avoid a major regional military conflagration with devastating consequences for all countries involved”.

lebanese prime minister Najib Mikatihe condemned the Israeli attack in which Nasrallah died and called for “unity” to confront the “genocidal war” against Lebanon.

“Our solidarity today, at these crucial moments in the life of the nation, is the strongest response to Israeli aggression,” he said in a speech during an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers after Mikati’s early return. from New York, where he attended the UN General Assembly.

Mikati issued Memorandum 31/2024 declaring “official mourning for the martyr, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah”, which will last throughout Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with flags at half-mast in all official residences.

“The funeral of the great martyr will be a day of closure of all state administrations, municipalities and public and private institutions,” said an official document collected by Lebanon’s official NNA news agency.

In Iraq, the Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al Sudanideclared three days of mourning throughout the country, the press agency reports Iraqi news. Al Sudani also condemned Nasrallah’s death as a “shameful attack”, “a crime that shows that the Zionist entity has crossed all red lines” and stressed that the Hezbollah leader is a “martyr on the straight path”.

Finally, the president of the Supreme Political Council established by the Houthis, vr Yemen, Mahdi al Mashatdeclared three days of mourning for the “martyrdom” of Nasrallah.

The Houthis have carried out dozens of attacks in the Red Sea since the start of Israel’s military offensive against Gaza following attacks on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions that left nearly 1,200 dead and about 240 kidnapped.