White House national security adviser John Bolton says Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terror organization, must be kicked out of Syria in addition to other Iranian forces.
The U.S. and Israel’s position on Syria has been that Iranian forces must be removed from Syria. When asked during an interview, Bolton said this position also includes Hezbollah.
“Hezbollah forces in Syria have to go back to Lebanon,” Bolton told Breitbart News.
Bolton also discussed how Hezbollah is becoming more dangerous to Israel, noting that Iran is attempting to modify Hezbollah’s rockets into guided missiles that have GPS devices attached to them.
“The Iranian kits that transform rockets into ballistic missiles are a profound threat,” Bolton said after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli defense officials earlier this week.
Bolton expressed similar sentiments on Sunday during an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” in which he said an objective of the U.S. was to cut off Iran’s backing of Hezbollah, in addition to removing Iranian forces from Syria.
“Certainly the objective of the United States, of Israel, President Putin said it was Russia’s objective is to get Iran — Iranian forces, Iranian militias, Iranian surrogates out of the offensive operations they’re in in both Syria and Iraq and frankly, to end Iran’s support for Hezbollah,” he said.
Bolton has been serving in the White House since April, succeeding H.R. McMaster as the White House’s national security adviser.
