The US Treasury places on its sanctions blacklist Wednesday three Lebanese men and companies they are tied to, calling them part of a “key Hezbollah support network.”
The Treasury places asset freezes and restrictions for doing business on real estate businessman Adham Tabaja and his Al-Inmaa group of companies, Kassem Hejeij and Husayn Ali Faour, and the company he manages, Car Care Center.
It says Tabaja is a member of Hezbollah, which is officially labeled a terrorist organization by Washington, and that Al-Inmaa is used by Hezbollah for investment and holding properties.
It says that Al-Inmaa Engineering and Contracting has recently obtained oil and construction projects in Iraq that “provide both financial support and organizational infrastructure to Hezbollah.”
Hejeij, the Treasury says, works with Tabaja and also provides financial support to Hezbollah.
It says that Faour is a member of Hezbollah’s operations unit Islamic Jihad, and the company he runs, Car Care Center, helps Hezbollah with transportation.
—AFP
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