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A Hezbollah flag on a street in the Lebanese city of Sidon, pictured on July 7, 2020. Photo: Ali Hashisho – Reuters. reuters_tickers
This content was published from October 23, 2020 to July 12, 2020
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The US Treasury said the United States imposed sanctions on two officers of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, one of whom is a senior military commander in the south of the country.
The ministry added that the officials were Nabil Qaouk, a member of the executive council of the group that fought during the Israeli military occupation of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000, and Hassan Al-Baghdadi.
Hezbollah, backed by Iran, is classified by the United States as a terrorist group. Sanctions were imposed on many of its members, including the Secretary-General and his deputy.
The Treasury said Qaouq and Al-Baghdadi are members of the Hezbollah Council responsible for electing the Shura Council, the group’s highest decision-making body “that shapes policy and controls all aspects of activities, including military. “.
He added that Kaouk made speeches threatening to fight Israel, denouncing the American presence in the Middle East and praising the method of Hezbollah attacks.
Al-Baghdadi defended the attacks on Americans and praised the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its fighters in Syria and Iraq for attacking US military bases, he added.
Such a move freezes any assets in the United States of those on the blacklist and generally prevents Americans from doing business with them. The ministry said that those who engage in certain transactions with people on the blacklist are also subject to sanctions.
(Press coverage of Dominic Evans – Prepared by Lilian Wagdy for the Arab bulletin – Edited by Amal Abu Al-Saud)
