Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has called for the release of Lebanese Shia pilgrims held in Syria in a televised speech.
"The pilgrims should be returned to their families," Nasrallah said on Friday, during a ceremony commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
"If your problem is with Hezbollah ... or a political party in Lebanon and its position on the events in Syria leave innocent people aside and solve your problem with us," he said, addressing the kidnappers.
"If you have a problem with me there are many ways [in which] we can solve it and on many levels, if you want war we can solve it with war, if you want peace then we can solve it in peace," he said.
The Shia movement Hezbollah allegedly receives much of its weapons through Syria.
Source:
Hezbollah demands hostages in Syria be freed - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
