Hezbollah representatives penalized for recruiting & fundraising on behalf of militant terrorist group.
The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in West Africa.
Hezbollah members holding Hezbollah and Lebanese flags during a rally in Lebanon. – Photo: Haaretz Archive
The U.S. Treasury Department said the four men were sanctioned for effectively acting as “ambassadors” for Hezbollah, which Washington considers a terrorist group. They were acting in Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and the Gambia, it said.
The sanctions mean the men are effectively cut off from the U.S. Continue Reading »
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