US ‘Root’ of All Problems in Middle East: Nasrallah

The "root" of all Middle Eastern problems, according to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, is the United States, according to Israeli media.

According to a post on the website of Israel's English-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post, Nasrallah said during his speech at a memorial service for a Lebanese Muslim scholar that "the main problem (in the Middle East) is the scandalous and crude American interference in everything."

"We are up against a culture and policy built on submission to the Americans, who betray all their promises," Nasrallah was quoted as saying.

"The two-state solution is fading because of America," he said, referring to the U.S. inaction on ending the stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process since 2014.

He also said that the Lebanese who are complaining about the ministers should instead "pour out their anger" on "tyrannical America" which caused a power shortage in Lebanon due to the "American ban on Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity."

Nasrallah has frequently criticized the US in the past. In March, he claimed that the United States was preventing deposits, loans, and investments from entering Lebanon and was a "partner" in the country's corruption.