US hits three top Hezbollah officials with sanctions

By Zach Halaschak

Published July 9, 2019 5:09pm ET

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US hits three top Hezbollah officials with sanctions — Israeli soldiers stand outside a tunnel that the army says crosses from Lebanon to Israel, in Zarit, northern Israel, Monday, June 3, 2019. (The Israeli military says it has finished sealing the last of a series of Hezbollah attack tunnels under the country's northern border with Lebanon, roughly six months after they were found.) | (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

The Treasury Department sanctioned three members of Hezbollah, including two lawmakers, for assisting Iran and providing support to its forces.

Hezbollah members of the Lebanese Parliament, Amin Sherri and Muhammad Hasan Ra’d, and top Hezbollah security official Wafiq Safa have all been slapped with sanctions according to a Tuesday announcement. The move marks the first time the United States has sanctioned members of parliament.

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