Lebanon's Beirut airport authorities seized $2.5 million in cash destined for militant group Hezbollah concealed with a man arriving from Turkey, three sources said on Friday.
The Shiite terrorist organization is seeking by all means to bring cash into Lebanon © Mena Today
Lebanon's Beirut airport authorities seized $2.5 million in cash destined for militant group Hezbollah concealed with a man arriving from Turkey, three sources said on Friday.
One of the sources said it was first time such a seizure had been made. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah.
The Shiite terrorist organization is seeking by all means to bring cash into Lebanon. Through Iran and Syria, things have now become more complicated.
Reporting by Maya Gebeily
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivered a sweeping and unusually candid interview to Saudi channel Al-Hadath Sunday evening, laying bare the full extent of Iran's direct military command over Hezbollah in Lebanon, and reaffirming his government's determination to end the conflict through direct negotiations with Israel.
The Israeli military eliminated Abu Khalil Bourji, commander of the special forces of Hezbollah's elite Al-Radwan Unit, along with two other fighters, in a precision airstrike on Majdel Selm in South Lebanon on Saturday.
Israel struck a main bridge linking Lebanon's south to the rest of the country on Sunday after ordering its military to destroy all crossings over Lebanon's Litani River and to step up the demolition of homes near the southern border.
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