Hezbollah chief speaks of 'high coordination' with Lebanese Army to apply cease-fire

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Friday that his Iran-backed militant group will coordinate with the Lebanese Army to implement the U.S. led cease-fire agreement that ended almost 14 months of devastating conflict with Israel.

Qassem said in a speech broadcast by Hezbollah-run Al Manar television station that Hezbollah faced "an unprecedented aggression" when Israel launched a wide-scale attack on Lebanon, starting with the Sept. 17 highly sophisticated pager explosions against Hezbollah members, the assassination of its long-time leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah and a ground incursion into southern Lebanon.

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