US sanctions Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah
US sanctions Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah The United States has imposed sanctions targeting Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-aligned Iraqi paramilitary group, as part of an effort to disrupt financial networks supporting Iran’s regional activities, the US State Department said. “Today, the United States is taking action under Operation Economic Outcast targeting Kata’ib Hizballah (KH),…
The United States has imposed sanctions on Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-aligned Iraqi paramilitary group, in an effort to disrupt financial networks supporting Iran's regional activities, according to the Middle East Eye. State Department spokesman Thomas Pigott announced that the sanctions are part of Operation Economic Outcast, targeting Kataib Hezbollah, Hizballah, and the financial networks sustaining Iran's regional destabilization.
Kataib Hezbollah, which has rejected an Iraqi government order to disarm, is seen by the US as an instrument for projecting violence and subversion across the Middle East.
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