Washington imposes sanctions on Lebanese figures, including MPs, on charges of supporting Hezbollah and undermining stability in Lebanon

The United States announced sanctions on nine individuals, saying they contribute to enabling Hezbollah to undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty and obstruct the path toward political and economic stability in the country.

The sanctions list included a number of MPs and political and security figures, among them Ahmad Asaad Baalbaki, Ibrahim al-Moussawi, Hassan فضل الله, Mohammad Abdul Muttalib Fneish, Samer Adnan Hammadi, Hussein Ali al-Hajj Hassan, Khattar Nassereddine, Ahmad Safawi, and Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani, in addition to two officers and security officials, including the head of Army Intelligence’s office in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Colonel Samer Hamadeh, Amal Movement security official Ahmad Baalbaki, the movement’s commander in the south Ahmad Safawi, and the head of the Analysis Department at General Security, Brigadier General Khattar Nassereddine.

Washington said these individuals, through their support for what it described as the “terrorist organization,” are helping implement an Iran-linked agenda inside Lebanon and are directly obstructing the path to peace and economic recovery.