Summary Hassan strongly denounced the IS group's beheading of group of Egyptian Christian hostages in Libya
BEIRUT: (AP) - The leader of Lebanon s Hezbollah group has strongly denounced the Islamic State group s beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages in Libya.
In a speech to hundreds of his supporters in southern Beirut Monday, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says the CIA and Israel s Mossad are behind the extremist group, which serves their interests.
He claims Israel is the only country which has not been affected and does not consider the group a threat.
The Iranian-backed Shiite Hezbollah group, which has sent thousands of its fighters to Syria to help shore up President Bashar Assad s forces, has positioned itself as a vanguard against Sunni extremists such as the Islamic State group.
Nasrallah called on regional governments to work together to confront IS, whose crimes "are a threat to the entire universe."
