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The Trump administration issued sanctions on Thursday against Lebanese officials aligned with Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group that controls Southern Lebanon, marking the first such action since the signing of an agreement between Washington and Tehran.

The move came ahead of another round of direct Israel-Lebanon security talks in Washington, D.C., as Jerusalem and Beirut seek ways to remove Hezbollah forces from areas within striking range of Israel’s northern border.

“Hezbollah must disarm for Lebanon to achieve a secure and prosperous future,” Scott Bessent, U.S. treasury secretary, said. “Treasury will continue to target Hezbollah’s financial networks and hold accountable those who enable the group to undermine the Lebanese state and threaten prospects for lasting peace.”

Those sanctioned include Sleiman Antoine Frangie, leader of the Lebanese Marada Movement. The Treasury Department said Frangie “has used his strategic alliance with Hezbollah to benefit his own political ambitions,” including by accepting financial support from the terror group in exchange for helping it challenge more moderate members of parliament for their seats.

Mahmoud Qamati, deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council, was also designated for coordinating cash smuggling from Iran.

The sanctions also targeted members of a Hezbollah-linked business network overseen by Alaa Hassan Hamieh, largely for financial ties to previously designated individuals and companies.

The network includes companies and associates operating across Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Oman, with activities tied to real estate, insurance and technology sectors, including dealings with the regime of since-deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Mattswaggz:
Seems like Hezbollah are the problem after all and not Israel......they're not interested in peace but the annihilation of Israel which is almost impossible for them to achieve but common sense is rare to them...what makes them think they can attack Israel without getting a response in 10 folds?. .

Mattswaggz:
Seems like Hezbollah are the problem after all and not Israel......they're not interested in peace but the annihilation of Israel which is almost impossible for them to achieve but common sense is rare to them...what makes them think they can attack Israel without getting a response in 10 folds?. .

Mattswaggz:
Seems like Hezbollah are the problem after all and not Israel......they're not interested in peace but the annihilation of Israel which is almost impossible for them to achieve but common sense is rare to them...what makes them think they can attack Israel without getting a response in 10 folds?. .

Westerhoffe:
What's going on with the US lately?

Westerhoffe:
What's going on with the US lately?

OLisaMacaulay:
Omo, the USA is jokers
You are sanctioning people and claiming you want to stop those financing them, yet you reportedly promised Iran $300 billion, those same people you accused of sponsoring them.
Honestly, Trump seems to have lost it all.

Derived001:
Exactly and people don’t know how brutal it will be if a ragtag group should throw a missile in a country like USA or France and they are blaming Israel for trying to use attack as a form of defense…why should I wait to be attacked when I can keep spoiling their plans

franvincoop:
Sanctions again?
Who go tell USA say sanctions no dey work?
Sanctions dey work na for person wey dey dream to go USA.
Iran on sanction for 47 years has a GDP of 300 billion USD, Israel GDP is 700 Billion USD without sanctions.
If dem free Iran hand, Israel go hear the odor with their ears, so it's better then make peace through USA solve Palestine matter cuz na the real problem be that cuz once Palestine issue dey resolved, if anybody dare attack Israel even me for here Christian Palestine supporter dey go Israel go join IDF.
But Israel gats to solve that Palestine matter, bombing and killing no go ever end Hamas or Hezbollah.
Netanyahu no go fit bring lasting peace to Israel, Yitzak Rabin na im be suppose settle dis matter once and for all but na im fellow Jews dem kpai am for seeking peace through dialogue.
This Netanyahu "mow the lawn" policy, na temporary measure.
Netanyahu need to know say even Hitler and Japan after all the shooting and bombing, the matter go end na for negotiation table.
Negotiate now or later but it must end through negotiations.
This is the reason Saudi refused Abraham accords with Israel because the custodian of the Kaaba can't make peace without Palestine.
Hamas and Hezbollah go recover and come back stronger and the cycle begins all over again.
Even Israeli kids grow up in fear of warning bomb sirens and running to bomb shelters.
How long must this go on?

sigmax:
You don't even have an idea what they're fighting for .

So Israel can take over there land without response ?

Mattswaggz:
Seems like Hezbollah are the problem after all and not Israel......they're not interested in peace but the annihilation of Israel which is almost impossible for them to achieve but common sense is rare to them...what makes them think they can attack Israel without getting a response in 10 folds?. .

sigmax:
You don't even have an idea what they're fighting for .

So Israel can take over there land without response ?

OLisaMacaulay:
Omo, the USA is jokers
You are sanctioning people and claiming you want to stop those financing them, yet you reportedly promised Iran $300 billion, those same people you accused of sponsoring them.
Honestly, Trump seems to have lost it all.

Opmic:
What do you mean by takeover Land?

Saint99:
You said sanction does not work, the last time I checked, 1 USD is equivalent to 1.4 Million Iranian rial. With your thousand Naira minimum wage, supposing you were in Iran now, you would be a billionaire.

ibtommy:
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Thanks jare!
That's what most people do not know. They have been supporting Iran and accusing Trump of attacking them. Do you really know if Iran keeps financing terrorist groups, and also remains hell-bent on possessing nuclear weapons, they might one day curse havoc to the US? Do you think America can forget about the Sept 11 incident in a jiffy? NO is the answer.
As per what Trump is doing now, I think he is not playing into the hands of the Iranians because the major part of the MoU is that Iran will be supervised and their nuclear bomb production stopped. This is the most important part of the MoU which of course, matters most to the Americans.
I really don't know why the Iranian government love to fuel terrorism. Fear those Iranians o. They've got brains. If left unchecked, they will one day challenge the president of American and nothing will happen.

MrSly:
Civilian population in Iran should be told discretely to leave Iran and then bomb the islamic terrorists to hell. That is how to achieve a lasting peace in Israel, nigeria and anywhere in the world ravaged by Iran backed terrorists.

HelipsTech:
You all want Isreal to fold her hands and watch bomb rain on them, because tgey want peace in the middle east?

Hezbollah must be crushed and reduce, if Lebanon dont want the collateral damage in their territory, they must join hands with Isre to push away Hezbollah. Normally, I don't see why Palestinian issues should be a problem to Iran and Lebanon.