Report: U.S. Senate Approves Proposal Targeting Hizbullah Funding

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The United States Senate approved over the weekend a bill that targets Hizbullah's finances, which includes institutions and people funding the party, reported the daily An Nahar on Monday.

The bill won the majority of votes of the Senate.

It calls for the U.S. Department of State to identify the media outlets that back and fund Hizbullah, such as al-Manar television.

It demanded the U.S. Treasury to impose “harsh conditions” against any foreign side that facilitates operations or launders money or conspires to send funds to people or organizations linked to the party.

In addition, the bill called for listing Hizbullah as a party that smuggles foreign drugs and that it be labeled as an international criminal organization.

It urged the U.S. president and secretary of state to send reports to Congress on Hizbullah's financial activity and its drug smuggling operations, said An Nahar.

This also includes sending reports on countries that support Hizbullah, whereby the party has formed logistic, donation, and money-laundering networks, continued the daily.

The report should stipulate whether these countries are taking the sufficient measures to target Hizbullah's financial network.

In March, Hizbullah and Iran were no longer enrolled on a U.S. list of terror threats, according to an annual report by the U.S. National Intelligence that was delivered to the Senate.

The report noted that Hizbullah and Tehran, which comprise along with Syria and other organizations the “axis of resistance” that oppose Israel and Western policies in the Middle East, have exerted efforts to combat the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Comments 19
Thumb EagleDawn 23 November 2015, 08:45

I am sure mowaten will not even care or comment on this article because " America is an empire in decline"...;)

Thumb Mystic 23 November 2015, 16:47

Who cares about Americas cut of funding?
Well a fact is that the Resistance killed more da3ish and Nusra than all the Western coalition combined.

This is how much we care about their neocon words -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCyJpN07aVE

Thumb marcus 23 November 2015, 08:56

Better late than never... Hezbollah and its funding sources must be squeezed and traced.

Default-user-icon mowaten.with.raqem.moumayaz (Guest) 23 November 2015, 08:57

Israel and Iran are the only 2 countries funding the resistance at the moment.... the rest pfffft.

Thumb the_roar 23 November 2015, 09:31

No mention of targeting those funding,sponsoring ISIS-Qaida-nusra etc?

Only those who fight to destroy Isis are deemed worthy to pursue.

Thumb nickjames 23 November 2015, 09:54

Lol just when I thought you moved on from Naharnet, here you are again blurting out mitwali propaganda.

Thumb ex-fpm 23 November 2015, 09:57

moved on?! Who do you think has been making all those fake accounts and spamming the forum;)

Thumb nickjames 23 November 2015, 09:56

The US: "Hezbollah aren't terrorists anymore because they're fighting ISIS. But they're still a criminal organization" lol such buffoonery...

Default-user-icon Mike & Mary (Guest) 23 November 2015, 10:20

Mary and I ( Zainab and Abbas) are Christians and we are so proud of Hezbollah and what Hezbollah is doing for Lebanon. Mary and I started dating after we met each other on a Hezbollah sponsored dating site. We are thankful for Hezbollah for helping Christians meet and get to know each other.

Missing humble 23 November 2015, 10:42

No one can deny that Ebola is a disease

Thumb _mowaten_ 30 November 2015, 15:01

The same way that nobody can deny uranus is a planet.

Thumb liberty 01 December 2015, 04:20

The same way that nobody can deny you are a filthy sectarian troll

Missing humble 23 November 2015, 10:49

Therefore...Ebola is NOT Lebanese...

Missing humble 23 November 2015, 11:12

Of course they do....but you do not read nor write...

Default-user-icon Tony (Guest) 23 November 2015, 11:45

Would you have any thoughts as to which Lebanese banks may be most at risk?

I just want to make sure my cash is not locked in a bankruptcy

Default-user-icon Majd (Guest) 23 November 2015, 14:32

But ladies don't get your knickers in a bunch, Isis funding in the us is already targeted but the senate can't compel the Syrian government to stop buying Isis oil and gas or to stop releasing terrorists from jails.

Thumb barrymore 23 November 2015, 15:00

what do you expect, the-roar is back!

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 23 November 2015, 17:22

and he votes himself up 20 times.... !

Missing peace 23 November 2015, 15:54

what are hezbi lovers scared of? isn't that the "party of god"? so god finances it ma hek? nothing to fear then LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL