(Hassan Ammar/Associated Press)BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader rejected late Friday what he called U.S. conditions for mediating a border and maritime dispute with Israel. Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech that Washington is “using the talks” to discuss, and even make threats over, degrading his group’s capabilities, bringing up an Israeli claim that Hezbollah has precision missile factories. Nasrallah, appearing on a large screen to a crowd of supporters in the southern Beirut Dahiye district, acknowledged his group has the weapons but denied it produces them. “So far in Lebanon there are no factories for precision missiles,” he said. He said it is Lebanon’s right to defend itself.

Source: Washington Post May 31, 2019 22:13 UTC