Reuters – July 21, 2015 – The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Tuesday on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they are key players in the group`s military operations in Syria.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that Mustafa Badr Al Din, Ibrahim Aqil, and Fu`ad Shukr, military officials within Hezbollah, had coordinated or participated in the group`s military support for the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria`s ongoing civil war.
A fourth individual, a businessman in Lebanon named Abd Al Nur Shalan, was sanctioned for procuring weapons for Hezbollah and shipping them to Syria.