US designates Hezbollah an Iranian proxy, sanctions funding network

The US Treasury labels Lebanon-based group ‘an extension’ of the IRGC’s Quds Force and takes aim at financing.

The United States has changed its designation of Hezbollah to that of an Iranian proxy and announced sanctions against an alleged funding network.

The re-designation of the Lebanon-based armed group and sanctioning of the financing network, which the US Treasur...