TEHRAN -- During a meeting with Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref in Damascus, the Hizbollah Leader, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that his resistance movement will continue its anti-Israeli struggle until all the occupied Lebanese lands are freed from the capture of the Zionist regime.

"The only alternative for the Lebanese people in defense of their land is resistance," he added.

Hizbollah will continue its struggle until the legitimate rights of the Lebanese people are completely restored, their occupied lands are liberated, all prisoners in the Israeli capture are freed and constant Israeli incursions and threats to Lebanon are halted, he said.

Nasrallah condemned the September 11 terror attack on the American trade and defense centers. He said the popular Palestinian Intifada, inspired by the Lebanese resistance, has intensified in the wake of abortive peace efforts in the Middle East, IRNA reported.

The Hizbollah leader thanked the political and moral support offered by the Iranian government and nation to the Lebanese resistance movements and the oppressed Palestinian people.

Aref, on his part, reiterated the Islamic Republic's support for the Lebanese Resistance and the Palestinian Intifada and hoped the best for their nations.

Earlier on Thursday, Aref also discussed ways of strengthening ties between Tehran and Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

Assad stressed Syria's will to bolster ties with Iran in all areas and referred to commonalties between the two nations and their pivotal role in neutralizing threats to the interests of the regional countries.

At the end of his three-day visit to Syria, Aref left Damascus for Aleppo, Syria's second largest city.

According to reports released on Friday, Aref, accompanied by the Syrian ministers of development and information dissemination, is scheduled to visit religious and historical sites in Aleppo.