Saudi Stresses 'Determination to Confront Hizbullah Terrorist Activities'
Saudi Arabia stressed Monday its determination to confront what it called “the terrorist activities of Lebanon's Hizbullah,” four days after it imposed sanctions on alleged Hizbullah members and financial backers.
“The council of ministers underlined the kingdom's resolve and determination to continue to confront the terrorist activities of Lebanon's Hizbullah,” said a statement carried by the kingdom's SPA news agency after a cabinet meeting.
“We will continue to work with our partners around the world to unveil its terrorist and criminal activities, and the kingdom's latest designation of two individuals and one entity over their ties to terrorist activities was based on the law that combats the crimes and financing of terrorism as well as money laundering,” it added.
The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that it targeted four individuals and one company, effectively freezing their U.S. assets and blocking any transactions with them, while also announcing related action by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia designated Muhammad al-Mukhtar Kallas, Hasan Jamal-al-Din and Global Cleaners under a local counterterrorism law, freezing their assets and prohibiting any commercial licenses for the men in the kingdom.
Kallas and Jamal-al-Din are purported accountants for Hizbullah financier Adham Husayn Tabaja, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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