Arab League: Hezbollah no longer classified as terrorist organization

BEIRUT, June 30 (YPA) – After his visit to Beirut, the Arab League’s assistant secretary-general announced on Saturday that the league has ceased referring to Hezbollah as a “terrorist organization.

In a televised statement on the Egyptian Al-Qahera News Channel, Hossam Zaki said: “In previous Arab League decisions, Hezbollah was designated as a terrorist organization, and this designation was reflected in the resolutions, leading to the severing of communication based on these decisions.”

According to the senior official, “The member states of the League agreed that the label of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization should no longer be employed.”

Zaki pointed out that “the designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization no longer applies,” adding that “the Arab League does not maintain terrorist lists and does not actively seek to designate entities in such a manner.”

Cited sources, Lebanese newspaper ‘Al Akhbar’ confirmed that “Zaki informed Hezbollah that the [Arab] League decided to lift its terrorist classification and believes that it has a major role in Lebanon’s future.”

@E.Y.M