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Hezbollah a ‘menace’ to entire Middle East: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump called the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah a threat to the entire Middle East, accusing it and…

Hezbollah a ‘menace’ to entire Middle East: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)

US President Donald Trump called the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah a threat to the entire Middle East, accusing it and Iran of fuelling a humanitarian disaster in Syria.

"Hezbollah is a menace to the Lebanese state, the Lebanese people and the entire region," Trump said at a joint press conference alongside Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the White House.

"The group continues to increase its military arsenal which threatens to start yet another conflict with Israel…

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With the support of Iran, the organisation is also fuelling humanitarian catastrophe in Syria."

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