Escalation continuing.
“Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah in Response to Al-Nimr Execution: This Will Spell the End of the Saud Regime and Clan,” MEMRI, January 3, 2016:
In a January 3 address, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in response to the execution of Saudi Shiite Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr: “This blood that has been shed will spell the end of the [Saud] regime and clan.” Nasrallah further said: “When a regime loses its mind and loses even the slightest shred of humanity… it means that it has reached the brink of the abyss.” The address was broadcast by Al-Manar TV.