Lebanon’s Hezbollah again denies it has any presence in Kuwait, a day after the Gulf country announced more arrests of people allegedly linked to the Iran-backed terror group.
“For the third time, Hezbollah reiterates its complete denial of the accusations” made by Kuwait’s interior ministry, the group says in a statement.
“Hezbollah has no presence in the state of Kuwait or any other country,” the statement adds, calling the accusations “removed from reality and devoid of truth.”
Yesterday, Kuwait’s interior ministry said the country had arrested six people linked to Hezbollah who were planning “assassinations targeting symbols and leaders of the state” and who allegedly “recruited people to carry out these missions.” Five of the six people were Kuwaiti nationals, it said.
It was at least the third set of arrests linked to Hezbollah that Kuwait has announced in recent weeks.
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