US sanctions on Gebran Bassil, the leader of Lebanon’s largest Christian political party, are politicized and represent a direct interference in the internal affairs of the Middle Eastern country, the Hezbollah movement has said.
On Friday, the US slapped sanctions on Bassil, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, as part of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which targets corruption and serious human rights abuse around the world. According to the Treasury Department, the work of Bassil, who has held several high-level posts in the Lebanese government, has been marked by significant allegations of corruption.
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