Riyadh designates 2 Hezbollah officials as "responsible for terrorist operations"

JEDDAH, May 27 (KUNA) -- The Saudi authorities on Wednesday announced the designation of two senior members of the Lebanese Hezbollah group as "responsible for terrorist operations," according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The two Hezbollah senior officials, Khalil Yusif Harb and Muhammad Qabalan, are responsible for operations "throughout the Middle East, further exposing Hezbollah's pernicious activities that reach beyond the borders of Lebanon," according to the Saudp Press Agency (SPA).
Assets belonging to any of the two "individuals under Saudi jurisdiction are frozen, and Saudi citizens are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the individuals designated on Tuesday." Their activities included "supporting Al-Assad's regime in Syria" such as "assisting and sending fighters, and making payments to various factions within Yemen and serving as military leaders responsible for terrorist operations in the Middle East." SPA affirmed that the Kingdom "will continue to combat Hezbollah's terrorist activities with all available tools and will continue to work with partners around the world to make it clear that Hezbollah's militant and extremist activities should not be tolerated by any nation." "As long as Hezbollah spreads instability, conducts terrorist attacks and engages in criminal and illicit activities around the world, we will continue to designate Hezbollah's operatives, leaders and businesses and impose sanctions as a result of designation," the state agency said.
It stressed that the decision was taken a day earlier under the "Saudi Law of Terrorism Crimes and Financing and the Royal Decree A/44, which targets terrorists and their supporters for acting for, or on behalf." (end) nh.msa