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Hezbollah sanctions

A pro-Palestinian activist holds the flag of Hezbollah as they take part in a protest on Nakba Day on May 15, 2026 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images/AFP)
May 21, 2026, 10:30 pm
US sanctions Lebanese lawmakers, security officials over Hezbollah influence
Move marks first time US has sanctioned sitting Lebanese state security officials, alleging they gave ‘illicit support’ and intelligence to terror group
By AP and ToI Staff
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 5, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
February 10, 2026, 11:58 pm
US announces new sanctions targeting Hezbollah-linked gold exchange
US Treasury Department says Jood SARL ‘masquerades as a non-governmental organization’ and is used to ensure terror group’s cash flow from Iran
By AFP
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave flags and hold pictures of their slain leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a rally outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs, to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, on June 25, 2025. (Haitham Moussawi/AFP)
July 4, 2025, 3:06 pm
Hezbollah said to be considering partial disarmament after devastating Israeli blows
Terror group said to perceive huge arsenal meant to deter and attack Israel as possible liability; its finances damaged by regional change, Israeli assassinations
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
The US Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
July 3, 2025, 9:14 pm
US slaps sanctions on Iran’s oil smuggling network, Hezbollah finance firm
US Treasury accuses Iraqi businessman of buying Iranian oil disguised as, or blending it with Iraqi oil; sanctions placed on vessels part of Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A money changer counts notes at his shop in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 22, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
November 21, 2024, 9:43 am
Israel puts sanctions on dozens of clients of Hezbollah-linked financial group
Measures applies to 24 entities depositing money with Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan, which Defense Ministry says directly funds terror group’s activities and weapons purchases
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
A video shows a man, left, just before he was injured by an explosion in a market in Beirut on September 17, 2024, as pagers used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon. (Screen capture: X)
September 22, 2024, 6:01 am
Report: Hezbollah devices were detonated individually, with precise intel on targets
Channel 12 says attack designed so only person carrying pager would be hurt by blast, quotes sources as saying Israel has far more extensive capabilities in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah operatives form a human barrier during the funeral procession of slain top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
September 11, 2024, 11:23 pm
US sanctions Lebanese network over alleged oil, LPG smuggling for Hezbollah
Treasury Department targets three individuals, five companies and a number of tankers it says are involved in fundraising for terror group
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Hezbollah members raise flags of the Lebanese terror group during the funeral of a commander and another operative who were killed by an Israeli drone strike, in Chehabiyeh village, south Lebanon, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 5, 2024, 8:39 pm
Accused Hezbollah financier expected to plead guilty in US sanctions evasion case
Prosecutors say Mohammad Bazzi sold real estate in Michigan, then transferred funds abroad; ask judge for hearing this month to facilitate change of plea
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Hassan Moukalled. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 24, 2023, 9:45 pm
US slaps sanctions on alleged Hezbollah money man, currency exchange front
Treasury Department accuses prominent economist Hassan Moukalled of assisting Lebanese terror group’s financial operations
By Agencies
Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters hold flags as they attend the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, South Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
November 15, 2022, 10:59 pm
Hezbollah exploiting diplomatic loopholes to finance terror, investigation finds
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and ProPublica say centuries-old ‘honorary consul’ system being utilized by terror group to funnel money to Beirut
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: Hezbollah and Amal supporters wave Hezbollah and Iranian flags as they shout slogans against Israel and the US during a protest in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 24, 2021, 4:08 am
Australia labels all of Hezbollah a terrorist organization
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says Lebanon-based group poses ‘real’ and ‘credible’ threat to Australia, provides support to other terror groups; Bennett, Lapid welcome move
By AFP and ToI Staff
A statue of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, former head of Iran's Quds force, stands in front of a branch of the Hezbollah-run Al-Qard al-Hassan Association, in Ghobeiry, Lebanon, January 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 28, 2021, 12:24 am
Saudi Arabia puts Hezbollah financial arm on terror blacklist
Al-Qard al-Hasan Association, which gives small, interest-free loans to hundreds of thousands in poverty-stricken Lebanon, accused of managing funds for terror group
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: Hezbollah and Amal supporters wave Hezbollah and Iranian flags as they shout slogans against Israel and the US during a protest in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 29, 2021, 7:26 pm
US, Qatar announce joint sanctions against Hezbollah financing
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran-backed terror group uses ‘global networks of financiers and front companies to support its malign activity’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah salute as they stand behind motorcycles carrying the Shiite movement's flags in the southern Lebanese district of Marjayoun on the border with Israel, May 25, 2020. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
December 1, 2020, 12:50 am
Slovenia declares all of Hezbollah a ‘criminal and terrorist organization’
FM Ashkenazi hails Central European nation for joining growing list of countries blacklisting Iranian-backed group in its entirety, calls on EU to follow suit
By Raphael Ahren
Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria for nearly six years, speak during a press conference, at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 4, 2018 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
November 14, 2020, 2:32 pm
Lebanese general says he visited Syria over missing US reporter Austin Tice
Abbas Ibrahim, said to be facing sanctions for ties to Hezbollah terror group, makes comments after Washington trip where he is thought to have discussed case with officials
By AP
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