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Between a full and partial ban and heavy restrictions, official international counter-terrorism measures by Hezbollah militias have fluctuated around the world.
And Hezbollah, the terrorist group in Lebanon, is being persecuted on most of the world’s continents, and it faces great difficulties in carrying out its suspicious activities.
The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Honduras, Paraguay, Argentina, Kosovo, Slovenia and Latvia completely prohibit the activities of the Lebanese militia, while Lithuania and Estonia impose strong restrictions on the entry of party members to their land.
And last Tuesday, the Slovenian authorities announced the inclusion of the Lebanese “Party of God” as “a terrorist organization that threatens peace and stability.”
The Slovenian government stated in a statement that: “Hezbollah activities are linked to organized crime and terrorism, and military activities worldwide.”
On the same day, the Republic of Latvia announced that the Lebanese Hezbollah had been designated as a terrorist organization and had completely banned it, and that its members could not enter the country.
On April 30, Germany announced that Hezbollah would be completely banned from its territory. German Interior Ministry spokesman Steve Alter said in a tweet on his Twitter account: “(Interior Minister Horst) Seehofer banned the activities of the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah in Germany.”
In February 2019, the British Home Office decided to place Hezbollah on the list of terrorist organizations in the country and ban all its activities, before the Treasury decided in January 2020 to freeze all its assets.
Interior Minister Sajid Javid said in a press release in February 2019: “Hezbollah continues its efforts to destabilize the Middle East, and we can no longer distinguish between its already banned military wing and the political party.”
As for the Netherlands, it declared a complete ban on Hezbollah activities on its soil, in 2004, becoming the first European country to take this step, and accused the party of being involved in assassinations of Iranian opponents on its soil.
In 2002, Canada designated Hezbollah a “terrorist organization” and banned all of its activities on its territory.
Canadian authorities said at the time that Hezbollah was “one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world, and that it would have a regime in Lebanon similar to that of the guide in Iran.”
As for the United States, Hezbollah designated a terrorist organization in 1997, indicating that it finances its terrorist operations through a criminal network active in money laundering and fundraising.
In June 2019, the Republic of Kosovo decided to designate Hezbollah as a “terrorist organization” and to ban all of its activities, justifying it as “global sponsors of terrorism”.
Last January, Honduras declared Hezbollah a “terrorist organization,” and in August 2019, Paraguay designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which was welcomed by the United States.
Paraguayan authorities justified their decision as “part of international efforts to combat Iranian-backed terrorism.”
And a month before Paraguay, in July 2019, Argentina declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization and banned all of its activities, accusing it of carrying out two terrorist attacks on its soil, including one that killed more than 80 people in the 1990s. .
Partial sanctions and prohibitions
Last October, the Estonian government decided to impose sanctions on the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, describing it as a “major threat to international security.”
Estonia’s decision imposes an entry ban on members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, who belong to its military and political wings, and imposes sanctions on certain leaders of the organization who will be appointed during the next period.
Last August, Lithuania banned Hezbollah members from entering its territory for 10 years, in a move to contain the threat from the Lebanese militia.
Since July 2013, the European Union has been separating the political and military branches of Hezbollah, since it classifies the latter as a terrorist and prohibits it, but does not describe the first wing with the same description, for maintaining channels of communication with the government. Lebanon, of which the party is a part.
