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Lebanon's Nasrallah says his group has no missile factories

Associated Press
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    Hezbollah fighters march at a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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    Hezbollah fighters march past a representation of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

BEIRUT – Lebanon's Hezbollah leader has rejected what he calls U.S. conditions for mediating a border and maritime dispute with Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah says Washington is "using the talks" to discuss degrading his group's capabilities, bringing up an Israeli claim that Hezbollah has precision missiles factories.

Nasrallah, speaking at a rally late Friday, acknowledged his group has the weapons but denied his group produces them.

He threatened for the first time, however, that his group may consider setting up such factories if Washington continues to use the talks on border demarcation to discuss his group's capabilities. He said it is Lebanon's right to defend itself.

A U.S. official has been shuttling between Israel and Lebanon, technically still at war, to settle the dispute. Washington considers Hezbollah a terrorist group.