The US Treasury on Thursday evening imposed personal sanctions on Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chairman of Hezbollah's political council, and on Suleiman Frangieh, a prominent Maronite Christian politician who heads the Lebanese Marada Movement, according to the Treasury notice. Frangieh was Hezbollah's preferred candidate for Lebanon's presidency.
Thursday's Treasury action names two distinct targets. Mahmoud Qamati serves as the deputy chairman of Hezbollah's political council, making him a senior figure in the organization's political apparatus. Suleiman Frangieh, a Maronite Christian former presidential candidate, heads the Lebanese Marada Movement and was Hezbollah's chosen candidate in Lebanon's prolonged presidential vacuum. The sanctions freeze any US-based assets and generally bar Americans from doing business with them. The move follows a broader Treasury announcement earlier Thursday on Hezbollah-linked sanctions, which at the time did not specify individuals. The designation of Frangieh — a non-Shia political ally of Hezbollah — underscores Washington's targeting of the organization's wider support network within Lebanon's political class.
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