United States Imposes Sanctions On Hezbollah Aligned Officials And Business Associates.

Washington DC; June 2026: Hours after signing the MoU with Iran, wherein it has been emphasised that Hezbollah would cease its retaliatory action against Israel from the soil of Lebanon, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Hezbollah aligned Lebanese officials, as well as members of a Hezbollah associated business network overseen by Alaa Hassan Hamieh, also known as Alaa Hamieh.  

The Lebanese officials designated today have used their influence to obstruct Lebanon’s peace process and delay the disarmament of Hezbollah. OFAC is also augmenting the March 20, 2026 designations of Alaa Hamieh and his business network by targeting additional interlocutors in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Oman who raise funds, execute contracts, and operate front companies to generate revenue for Hezbollah.

“Hezbollah must disarm for Lebanon to achieve a secure and prosperous future”, said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “Treasury will continue to target Hezbollah’s financial networks and hold accountable those who enable the group to undermine the Lebanese state and threaten prospects for lasting peace”.

Today’s action is being taken pursuant to the counterterrorism authority, Executive Order (EO) 13224, as amended. The US Department of State designated Hezbollah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 31, 2001, and as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act on October 8, 1997.

Hezbollah aligned Lebanese officials:

Hezbollah relies on a network of officials to maintain power and exert influence through all levels of the Lebanese political and security establishment. Sleiman Antoine Frangie (Frangie) is the leader of the Lebanese Marada Movement and has used his strategic alliance with Hezbollah to benefit his own political ambitions. Frangie accepted financial support from Hezbollah in exchange for supporting Hezbollah’s efforts to target the parliamentary seats of reformist and independent members of parliament in Lebanese parliamentary elections.  

Deputy Head of Hezbollah’s political council Mahmoud Qamati coordinates cash smuggling from Iran for Hezbollah and advocates for Hezbollah’s interests in Lebanon.

Sleiman Antoine Frangie is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or goods and services to or in support of, Hezbollah.  Mahmoud Qamati is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Hezbollah.

ALAA HAMIEH and Muhammad Al-Bazzal’s HEZBOLLAH PROJECTS:

Alaa Hamieh and US-designated Bahaa Addin Hashem (Hashem) are co-owners of Lebanon-based Globe Technology Providers SARL (Globe SARL), which is the technical arm of the Hezbollah-linked, Syria-based company Al-‘Ahd Company for Trade and Investment (Al-‘Ahd Company).  In early 2024, Hezbollah finance team official Muhammad Al-Bazzal was instrumental in initiating Globe SARL’s contracts with the former al-Assad regime in Syria.  

The al-Assad regime, a critical ally of Hezbollah had agreed that US designated Hezbollah finance team company G.M. Farm, represented by its local agent, al-Assad regime henchman Yasar Husayn Ibrahim’s business Al-‘Ahd Company, would supply and operate equipment for fees of nearly ten million dollars.  

Profits from Globe SARL’s projects were divided between Hezbollah-controlled Talaqi Group, Al-‘Ahd Company, and Globe SARL, which also runs various other projects generating revenue for the Hezbollah finance team. Alaa Hamieh owns and controls Oman-based Globe International SPC, which is a subsidiary of Globe SARL. Globe International SPC’s bank accounts were used to process payments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for Alaa Hamieh, including transfers related to Hezbollah projects and designated companies Calllync Spolka Z Organiczona Odpowiedzialnoscia and Calllync Telekomunikacijske Storitve D.O.O.

In July 2025, Muhammad Al-Bazzal, Alaa Hamieh, and Maya Boustany, designated for her multiple roles at Alaa Hamieh’s companies, collaborated to establish an insurance company in Iraq.  The new company, Al-Shafa Administrative Services Limited (Al-Shafa), was led by Alaa Hamieh’s employee, Chief Executive Officer Wael Costanteen, and purported to focus on insurance management services.  In 2017, Alaa Hamieh founded Lebanon-based Tyke SAL, which is registered to engage in a variety of commercial and real estate activities. In September 2023, Alaa Hamieh’s brother, Muhammad Hassan Hamieh (Muhammad Hamieh), took over Alaa Hamieh’s shares in Tyke SAL and joined the board of directors of the company. As of December 2025, Muhammad Hamieh runs Tyke SAL.

Globe SARL is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Alaa Hamieh and Hashem.  Al-‘Ahd Company is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods and services to or in support of, G.M. Farm.

Al-Shafa, Wael Costanteen, and Globe International SPC are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Alaa Hamieh.  Tyke SAL is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Muhammad Hamieh.

SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS –

As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated or blocked persons described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of US persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50% or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt, OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by US persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of blocked persons.

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