The Iraqi Kurdistan government criticizes the Secretary-General of Hezbollah

On Monday, spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, Gottiar Adel launched a sharp attack on the Hezbollah Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, describing him as a "coward" and "living in catacombs."

The spokesman's remarks came in response to Nasrallah's attack on Sunday of former regional chief Masoud Barzani, saying that the latter had feared when the ISIS attack on Iraqi territory in 2014, and that he had contacted the commander of the Quds Force at the time, Qassem Soleimani, who arrived with a group of leaders, including leaders from Hezbollah, and this Beyond the danger from the territory of the region, according to Nasrallah's account.

Adel said in a statement that "the Peshmerga forces were the ones who defended themselves to defend Erbil and Kurdistan, and despite that we appreciated and expressed our gratitude for the help of others to us."

As a recent guide to Nasrallah added, "We are surprised by your trembling voice and childish style on the Kurdistan region and the leader of a nation, and I forgot that for years you did not see the sunlight and live in the basements, while stinging on a brave people."

A spokesman for the regional government concluded by saying to the leader of Hezbollah, "You are the one who cannot get out of your head for fear of your enemies extending to a people with whom you have no connection ... The Barzani president is a symbol of the struggle of a nation, and you are coward and too young to reach for it."