Summary
Hezbollah Thursday outright rejected Lebanon joining a Saudi-led Islamic counter-terrorism alliance formed earlier this week, accusing the coalition of being an American project.
The statement said Hezbollah was surprised by Saudi Arabia including Lebanon in the list of nations joining the coalition without anyone in Lebanon knowing about it.
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday the formation of the coalition which it said included 34 nations to fight "terrorism" with a joint operations center based in the kingdom's capital, Riyadh.
While Hezbollah has on several occasions accused Riyadh of supporting terrorist groups such as ISIS, Riyadh says Hezbollah is conspiring with Iran in the region, criticizing its interference in the Syrian war.
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