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US offers up to $10M reward for information on Hezbollah operative

The United States is seeking information on the whereabouts of Salim Jamil Ayyash, who is wanted for the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister.
Judges David Re (up, R) and Janet Nosworthy (up, L) are seen before the start of the session of the Lebanon Tribunal in Leidschendam, on Dec. 11, 2020, where the sentence was set for Salim Jamil Ayyash, a member of the Hezbollah militant group who was convicted of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others 15 years ago. Ayyash, 57, was found guilty in absentia of murder and terrorism on Aug. 18 by the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon over the

The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on the whereabouts of Salim Jamil Ayyash, a top Hezbollah operative who played a key role in the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

According to a State Department release on Monday, Ayyash is a senior figure in Unit 121, the group’s assassination squad that receives orders directly from Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The US announcement said Ayyash has also been involved in “efforts to harm US military personnel.”

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