[AnNahar] U.S. sanctions will soon target Christian ministers and businessmen accused by Washington of aiding  Hizbullah
...Party of God , a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
, a media report said.
"There is a lot of talk about U.S. sanctions on Hizbullah’s allies, especially those close to the presidency, the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
, the Marada Movement
the personal militia of Suleiman Franjieh, president of Lebanon at the outbreak of the civil war, currently Syrian toadies, but you never know when that could change...
and the Syrian Social National Party," al-Akhbar newspaper quoted "friends of Washington" as saying in remarks published Monday.
The U.S. administration sees "a need to expand the sanctions campaign to target politicians, including ministers, and businessmen who work inside and outside Leb, most of whom are supporters of the FPM, the Marada Movement and the SSNP," the sources added.
Those who will be targeted are figures who are "close to FPM and Marada ministers as well as to the leaderships of the two movements," the sources went on to say, noting that they are accused of facilitating Hizbullah’s transactions.
"Any sanctions will not be exclusively limited to fund transfer operations but will also completely impede the movement and travel of those targeted," the sources added.
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