US sanctions Hezbollah's alleged financial facilitators in Lebanon

The US Treasury Department designated Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun and Jihad Salem Alame as well as their travel company.
A Hezbollah flag flies in the foreground as a member of the Spanish contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stands in a lookout tower on Oct. 2, 2008 near the southern Lebanese village of Abbassiyeh near to the disputed Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms area.
A Hezbollah flag flies in the foreground as a member of the Spanish contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stands in a lookout tower on Oct. 2, 2008, near the southern Lebanese village of Abbassiyeh near to the disputed Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms area. - MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP via Getty Images
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The Biden administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on three alleged financial facilitators for Hezbollah in a move aimed at disrupting the Lebanese militant group’s illicit sources of funding. 

 The US Treasury Department targeted Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun and Jihad Salem Alame for allegedly raising and laundering funds for Iran-backed Hezbollah. Their company, Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism, was also sanctioned.

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