AP Interview: Hezbollah's No. 2 lashes out at Saudi Arabia over its airstrikes in Yemen

The deputy chief of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Shiite group’s stronghold in southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2015. Kassem said Saudi Arabia made a “strategic mistake” by interfering in the internal affairs of Yemen suggesting that more than two weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in that country have failed to produce results. He also said Saudi Arabia is committing “genocide” in Yemen and will pay a heavy price for its involvement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (The Associated Press)

The deputy chief of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Shiite group’s stronghold in southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2015. Kassem said Saudi Arabia made a “strategic mistake” by interfering in the internal affairs of Yemen suggesting that more than two weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in that country have failed to produce results. He also said Saudi Arabia is committing “genocide” in Yemen and will pay a heavy price for its involvement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (The Associated Press)

The deputy chief of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Shiite group’s stronghold in southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2015. Kassem said Saudi Arabia made a “strategic mistake” by interfering in the internal affairs of Yemen suggesting that more than two weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in that country have failed to produce results. He also said Saudi Arabia is committing “genocide” in Yemen and will pay a heavy price for its involvement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (The Associated Press)