Lebanon's Syrian and Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement hailed Tuesday the Egyptian protesters who are calling for the ouster of President Hosny Mubarak.
"We salute the proud Egyptian people for their struggle ... and their rejection of normalizing (relations) with Israel as well as their aspiration to freedom, independence and dignity," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naeem said in statement, DPA reported.
Hezbollah, a strong critic of the Egyptian regime, has accused Cairo of coordinating with Israel during the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip in 2008.
Hezbollah's relations with Egypt soured in 2010 when Egyptian courts sentenced 26 people, among them Hezbollah membrs, for allegedly planning attacks on behalf of Hezbollah and smuggling weapons into Gaza.
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