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Hezbollah condemns Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen

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IANS Beirut

Pro-Iran Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has condemned the Saudi-led airstrikes against Yemen's Shiite Houthis group, and urged all parties to return to talks and other political means in the war-torn country.

In a televised address on Friday , Nasrallah slammed the Saudi-led airstrikes against the Houthi fighters, saying that "any ground invasion will end up in failure," Xinhua reported.

He also accused the Gulf nation of turning a blind eye to the plight of the Palestinians and of financing the Islamic State (IS) militant extremist group.

The Saudi-led Arab coalition launched airstrikes against the Houthis overnight on Wednesday in an effort to restore Yemeni President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi's rule in the country.

 

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First Published: Mar 28 2015 | 8:00 AM IST

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