Hizbullah Fuel Ship Enters Syria Waters
An Iranian ship loaded with diesel for Lebanon has entered Syria's territorial waters, Iran's semi-official news agency Fars said Thursday.
Two weeks ago Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that an Iranian fuel tanker had sailed toward Lebanon, and that others would follow to help ease the fuel shortages.
"The issue of the Lebanon-bound Iranian fuel ship is a security matter,” Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said yesterday, Wednesday.
He added that “Lebanon has turned from a state containing a terrorist organization into a state ruled by a terrorist organization,” referring to Hizbullah.
The delivery, organized by Hizbullah, would violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Tehran after former President Donald Trump pulled America out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in 2018.
Source: Associated Press, Naharnet
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