{
  "id": 6669586,
  "title": "US sanctions Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/us-sanctions-iraqi-paramilitary-group-kataib-hezbollah",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T00:04:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-sanctions-iraqi-paramilitary-group-kataib-hezbollah"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US announces new sanctions against networks aiding Hezbollah, other Iranian proxies in Middle East",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/us-announces-new-sanctions-against-networks-aiding-hezbollah-other",
        "published": "2026-09-10T22:02:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}