Wagner, which was funded by the Russian state and came under strict Kremlin control after Prigozhin’s failed coup, had no comment.
For “communication channel” of Russian paramilitary organization Wagner with the Shiite organization Hezbollah of Hassan Naslara officials in the United States are speaking.
The US has information that the Russian mercenary group is planning to give Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Islamist group, air defense systems, as mentioned by The Wall Street Journalciting unnamed US officials.
The newspaper reported that Wagner plans to give the Pantsir-S1 system, known to NATO as the SA-22, which uses anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft weapons to intercept aircraft.
The Russian state-funded Wagner Group came under strict Kremlin control after the failed coup of its former head, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in June. did not respond to a request for comment.
An unnamed American official said, according to the newspaper, that Washington has not confirmed the system shipment. However, US officials are monitoring discussions involving Wagner and Hezbollah, according to the report.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Pantsir system would be given to Hezbollah via Syria, where Russia backed President Bashar al-Assad by intervening in the civil war there in 2015.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards founded Hezbollah in 1982 in the midst of the 1975-90 civil war in Lebanon. The move was one of Iran’s efforts to “export” its 1979 Islamic revolution. in the surrounding area and to fight Israeli forces after their 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Lebanese Hezbollah exchanges fire with Israeli forces on the other side of the border since war broke out between its Gaza ally Hamas and Israel on October 7.
During the day the critical speech of Hassan Nasrallah
In the wake of this news, in Lebanon and the “strong man” of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, today Friday the eyes of the international community are turned, as well will make a speech to his followers, the first since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
In his speech after 3pm (Greece time), immediately after the Muslim Friday prayer, Nasrallah is expected to clarify the Shiite group’s intentions for yet another war front for Israel, in the North, as well so far its fighters and the IDF have only engaged in skirmishes on the Israeli-Lebanese border. It is noted that Nasrallah appears to be being pressured by his fighters to join the war to help Hamas, while and Hamas has been publicly pressuring Hezbollah for practical help.
Source :Skai
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