Naim Qassem, vice chief of the self-proclaimed Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, said that if there is an official request, the military wing of the Party of God will contribute with more troops to the anti-terrorist fight in the neighboring country.

All the efforts by the United States to give shape to a “new West Asia”, failed,” Qassem stated during an interview with Al-Ikhbariyah Syria television channel, to a written review from which Prensa Latina had access.

However, he added, the US aggression against Syria continues and, in addition to oppressive economic measures, it maintains its support to radical groups.

Since the conflict began in the neighboring nation in 2011, the Lebanese Resistance has been collaborating with the armed forces of Damascus in the fight against the extremist groups of the Islamic State and the Al-Nusra Front.

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