Hostage deal may trigger end to Israeli-Hezbollah fighting – Lebanese PM
"The war in the south is linked to the aggression on Gaza on the one hand and to securing means of protection for our country on the other," senior Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah said.
A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.(photo credit: WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)ByREUTERS, TOVAH LAZAROFFUpdated: