Hezbollah to receive ‘game-changing weapons’ from Syria.

Hezbollah to receive ‘game-changing weapons’ from Syria.(AA).

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that his Lebanese militant group is ready to receive “game-changing weapons” from Syria.

Nasrallah’s statements come after an Israeli strike on Damascus earlier this week.The Hezbollah chief said Syria is able to respond to any Israeli aggression by providing the popular resistance with weapons.

“If the aim of your (Israel's) attack was to prevent the strengthening of the resistance’s capabilities, then Syria will give the resistance sophisticated weapons the like of which it hasn’t seen before,” he said.

Nasrallah hinted that if Syria was to provide his group with these arms it could end up changing the balance of power in the region, referring to Hezbollah and Israel.The Hezbollah chief added that his militant group stands by the popular resistance in the Golan Heights and has vowed to provide it with military and moral support.

Nasrallah’s speech comes after Syria said on Thursday that it is ready to retort to any further Israeli airstrikes on Damascus.Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad said Syria will respond “immediately and harshly to any additional attack by Israel,” AFP reported.Read the full story here.