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Terrorist tag

The United States yesterday designated the son of Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah a terrorist and hit key representatives of the Lebanese militant group in Iraq with sanctions.

The US State Department accused Jawad Nasrallah of carrying out attacks against Israel. The department also blacklisted Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB), which it said had links to Hizbollah and had plotted a number of attacks against Israeli targets from a base in the Palestinian Territories.

Hours earlier, the US Treasury blacklisted Shibl Muhsin ‘Ubayd Al-Zaydi, Yusuf Hashim, Adnan Hussein Kawtharani, and Muhammad ‘Abd-Al-Hadi Farhat under its Specially Designated Global Terrorists program, saying they moved money, acquired weapons and trained fighters in Iraq for the group.

Among the four, Al Zaydi was a key coordinator between Hizbollah, Iran’s blacklisted Revolutionary Guards, and their supporters in Iraq, the Treasury said.