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Hezbollah chief urges Iraq to free itself from US 'occupation'

Published: 05 Jan 2020 - 05:30 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 06:49 pm
Supporters of Shiite Hezbollah movement hold posters of slain Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani as the movement's leader Hasan Nasrallah delivers a speech on a screen, in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on January 5, 2020.  AFP / ANWAR

Supporters of Shiite Hezbollah movement hold posters of slain Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani as the movement's leader Hasan Nasrallah delivers a speech on a screen, in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on January 5, 2020. AFP / ANWAR

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Beirut: The head of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah Sunday called on Iraq to free itself of the American "occupation" after top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Baghdad.
"Our demand, our hope from our brothers in the Iraqi parliament is... to adopt a law that demands American forces withdraw from Iraq," Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech.