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UAE says it dismantled terrorist network funded by Iran and Hezbollah
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUnited Arab Emirates authorities say they have dismantled what they call a terrorist network funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group and by Iran, and arrested its members.
According to the state news agency, the network was involved in “money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security.”
“The network had been operating within the country under a fictitious commercial cover and sought to infiltrate the national economy and carry out external schemes threatening the country’s financial stability,” the agency says.
There is no immediate comment from Hezbollah or Iran.
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