{
  "id": 2208553,
  "title": "US re-designates Hezbollah as terrorist group and unveils new sanctions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-re-designates-hezbollah-as-terrorist-group-and-unveils-new-2208553",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:02:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/08/20/us-re-designates-hezbollah-as-terrorist-group-and-unveils-new-sanctions/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US on Thursday re-designated Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist group as it seeks to show the organisation is an Iranian proxy taking orders from Tehran. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it is re-designating Hezbollah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist \"for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force\".…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "US re-designates Hezbollah as terrorist group and unveils new sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-re-designates-hezbollah-as-terrorist-group-and-unveils-new",
        "published": "2026-08-20T19:02:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "US places sanctions on 10 people over alleged Hezbollah cash-smuggling ring",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-places-sanctions-on-10-people-over-alleged-hezbollah-cash",
        "published": "2026-08-20T20:41:24.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}