A Muslim activist from Quebec was charged with supporting terrorism on Friday after an RCMP investigation linked her to an alleged plot to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.Mouna Diab was charged with committing a crime "for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group," according to the RCMP in a statement. She faces a possible life sentence if convicted.
She was arrested at Montreal's Trudeau airport last year and accused of violating an international arms embargo targeting Lebanon but, on Friday, police added the far more serious terrorism charge.
The case marks the first time Canada has laid charges in connection with Hezbollah, and comes amid worries Tehran would unleash the Iranian-sponsored terrorist group in the event of an attack on its nuclear program.