Top US diplomat praises killing of ‘brutal terrorist’ Hassan Nasrallah
2024-10-01 15:30:12 - From: Alarabiya
The top US diplomat on Monday praised the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, saying the world was a safer place with the “brutal terrorist” now dead.However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was quick to say that the US still believed diplomacy was the best way forward.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Hassan Nasrallah was a brutal terrorist whose many victims included Americans, Israelis, civilians in Lebanon, civilians in Syria and many others as well,” Blinken said from a ministerial meeting in Washington for the coalition fighting ISIS. “The region and the world are safer without him,” he added.Blinken said Hezbollah terrorized people across the Middle East and prevented Lebanon from “fully moving forward” as a country while Nasrallah headed the Iran-backed militant group.Washington was blindsided by the Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut last week, just hours after a joint US-French ceasefire
