Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech posted on the Newsgate YouTube Channel (Lebanon) that Chinese companies are prepared to “bring money to Lebanon” through investment in various infrastructure projects such as a high-speed rail and electric plants, reports the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

Nasrallah ssaid that anyone who tries to pit Hezbollah’s base against the organization is destined to fail.

He elaborated that Hezbollah will not be starved into surrendering its weapons and remarked: “I say to anyone who makes us choose between being killed by guns or by starvation, that we will keep our weapons, we will not starve, and we will kill you. We will Kill you. We will kill you.”

He added that Syria’s “allies, who stood by it” will not abandon Syria, despite the “economic war” they are experiencing.