Saudi Arabia Places 12 Hizbullah Leaders on Terror List for 'their Operations in Mideast'
Saudi Arabia placed on Thursday a number of Hizbullah leaders and investment companies on its terrorism list due to their involvement in “operations throughout the Middle East.”
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced in a statement that 12 Hizbullah leaders and officials have been placed on the list.
“The kingdom will continue on combating Hizbullah's terrorist activity through all possible means,” it stressed.
“It will continue with this mission with its partners throughout the world to emphasize that no country should remain silent over Hizbullah's militias and its extremist practices,” it added.
“Hizbullah has long sought to spread chaos and instability, launch terrorist attacks, and perform criminal acts throughout the world,” said the Interior Ministry.
“The kingdom will continue to designate as terrorist Hizbullah leaders and operatives and it will continue to impose sanctions on them,” it declared.
The Hizbullah members and companies included in the statement are Ali Moussa Daqdouq al-Moussawi, Mohammed Kawtharani, Mohammed Youssef Mansour, Adham Tabaja and his company and tourism establishment and its affiliates, Qassem Hojeij, Hussein Ali Faour and his car maintenance center, Mustafa Badreddine, Ibrahim Aqil, Fouad Shukr, Abdul Nour Shaalan, Mohammed Najib Karim, and Mohammed Salman Fawwaz.
Sanctions will be imposed on them and their assets will be frozen, added the Saudi statement.
In March, Riyadh imposed sanctions on two prominent members of Hizbullah on charges of “carrying out terrorist acts throughout the Middle East.”
It accused them of supporting the regime of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad and of helping fund various factions in Yemen.
Tensions have been high between Hizbullah and the kingdom over recent developments in the Middle East, most notably Saudi Arabia's airstrike campaign against Iranian-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen.
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Source: Naharnet
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