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Reuters, 02/03 15:20 CET
DUBAI (Reuters) – The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
named Hezbollah a terrorist organisation on Wednesday, opening up the
possibility of further sanctions against the Iran-allied group that
wields influence in Lebanon and fights in Syria.
The Sunni Muslim dominated council – representing Saudi Arabia, the UAE,
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar – already imposed sanctions on the
Shi’ite Muslim group in 2013 after it entered Syria’s war in support of
President Bashar al-Assad.
In Wednesday’s announcement, GCC
Secretary-General Abdullatif al-Zayani said the council would now “take
the necessary measures to implement its decision … based on
anti-terrorism laws applied in the GCC and similar international laws”.
Zayani did not specify what action might follow, but
Saudi Arabia, the biggest power in the grouping, last week said it had
blacklisted four companies and three Lebanese men for having links to
Hezbollah.
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Source: Euronews
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