America’s top diplomat traveled to Beirut on Friday to denounce Iran and urge that its “proxies” be removed from the Lebanese government.
and those who facilitated it, some of whom he was scheduled to meet with in Beirut.
Last year’s elections gave the group additional power in parliament, which it used to wrangle control of the health ministry along with two other Cabinet positions. Sanctions on Iran have already begun to bite into Hezbollah’s funds. Earlier this month, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, called for increased donations from Hezbollah’s supporters in Lebanon so as to guarantee the group’s victory in what he called a “financial war.”
Elsewhere, protests were held near the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy north of Beirut, while activists online urged people to fill the streets with demonstrators. No such crowds were visible from Pompeo’s motorcade.
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