U.S. Sanctions Hezbollah Financiers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 3-Hezbollah-linked financial facilitators and their Lebanon-based travel company. Specifically, OFAC designated Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun, Jihad Salem Alame, and their company, Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism.

The action comes at a time in which the Lebanese economy faces an unprecedented crisis and Hizballah, as part of Lebanon’s government, is blocking economic reforms and inhibiting much needed change for the Lebanese peoplet.

U.S. Department affirmed that Hezbollah claims that it supports the Lebanese people, but just like other corrupt actors in Lebanon that the U.S. Department of Treasury has designated, Hezbollah continues to profit from insulated business ventures and backdoor political deals, amassing wealth that the Lebanese people never see.