US expected to sanction Lebanon’s ex-FM over Hezbollah ties — report

The United States is expected to announce sanctions later today against former Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Bassil over his links to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Bassil, one of the leading Christian politicians in Lebanon, is the son-in-law of the country’s president Michel Aoun.

Lebanon’s then-foreign minister Gebran Bassil gives a press conference in Paris on November 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure)

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