Rubio accuses Hezbollah of trying to ‘drag Lebanon back into chaos’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Hezbollah in a statement Sunday of trying to plunge Lebanon “back into chaos.”Rubio denounced what he called Hezbollah’s “reckless call to overthrow Lebanon’s democratically elected government” and said the pro-Iran militia was “actively trying to drag Lebanon back into chaos and destruction.”Naim Qassem, the leader of Hezbollah, said earlier that “the people have the right to go down onto the streets and to bring down the government” in response to Israeli strikes and US sanctions on the al-Qard al-Hassan financial institution.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Al-Qard al-Hassan is affiliated with Hezbollah and provides interest-free loans to mainly Shia Muslim communities who have faced financial difficulty amid Lebanon’s economic crises.“The aggression against al-Qard al-Hassan is an aggression against hundreds of thousands of poor people and those with limited income,” Qassem said.The Lebanese

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