To a final resting place: Sayyed Safieddine to be buried in S. Lebanon
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The martyred Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, is set to be laid to rest on Monday in his final resting place in the town of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in Southern Lebanon.
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A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Sayyed Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 23, 2025. (AP)
Hezbollah will lay to rest its martyred Secretary General Sayyed Hashem Safieddine on Monday in his hometown of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, located in Southern Lebanon.
The ceremony is set to begin at 3:00 pm (local time), featuring a march through the town, and will be attended by both local and international figures.
Mourners came from several countries across the world to participate in the grand funeral of Sayyed Hassan and Sayyed Hashem, here's what they had to say.#Lebanon #AlMayadeen pic.twitter.com/uiCRH2cHpF
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 23, 2025
A momentous funeral procession was held on Sunday in Beirut for Hezbollah’s two late secretary-generals, leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine. The ceremony took place at Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to pay their final respects.
As the coffins of the two leaders entered the stadium, the crowd erupted in chants of allegiance, "Labbayka Ya Nasrallah" (At your service, Nasrallah), "We remain committed to the pledge, Nasrallah," and "Far from us is humiliation."
With heavy hearts, people from Lebanon and across the globe bid farewell to the Ummah's martyr Sayyed Hassan #Nasrallah and martyr Sayyed Hashem.#Lebanon #Beirut pic.twitter.com/fXkXP4aXAk
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 23, 2025
The stadium and the dozens of large screens and speakers spread throughout the Lebanese capital were echoing with iconic speeches by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as the world bid farewell to the great leaders.
The two leaders, in their caskets, donned with Hezbollah flags, were driven out onto the stadium as people could be seen crying and weeping out of sorrow over the great loss they endured.
The coffins of martyrs Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine reach the courtyard of Sayyed Hassan's shrine.#Lebanon #AlMayadeen https://t.co/pZSuTgJjtd
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 23, 2025
Hezbollah announced on October 23, 2024, the martyrdom of Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, the head of the Executive Council of the Resistance movement and later Secretary-General, in an Israeli airstrike that took place days ago. Sayyed Safieddine was elected as Secretary General after Sayyed Nasrallah's martyrdom.
Sayyed Safieddine, a key figure in the Lebanese resistance movement, was killed alongside several of his fellow fighters, in what the Resistance condemned as a "criminal and aggressive Zionist airstrike."
In a heartfelt statement, Hezbollah paid tribute to Sayyed Safieddine, describing him as a "great leader and esteemed martyr on the path to al-Quds." The statement emphasized that he was martyred content and patient, accepting his fate as a martyr.
