MNA � The deputy secretary-general of Lebanon�s resistance movement, Hezbollah, said the US assassination of top Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani will lead to the end of the US presence in the region.

Addressing a gathering in Lebanon�s Baalbek on Sunday, Sheikh Naim Qassem said, �The US is the root cause of the crises, calamities, chaos and people�s problems in the region.�

He hailed the regional nations� braveries against the US� warmongerings, saying, �The martyrdom of General Soleimani and his companions will lead to the continuation of the nations� resistance against Washington's occupying policies.�

He also said Iran�s retaliatory attacks on the US bases in Iraq showed that Washington is not able to stand against the Iranians� grandeur and resistance.

On January 3, the US terrorist forces assassinated the top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes.

On January 7, Iran�s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province in western Iraq after launching a wave of attacks to retaliate the terrorist move, wounding dozens of American troops.