Hashem Safieddine, Potential Successor to Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah’s Leader

par This Is Beirut, 29/09 10:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Hashem Safieddine Hezbollah Nasrallah

Hashem Safieddine, a leading Hezbollah figure with close ties to Iran, is considered the likely successor to his cousin Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Shura Council, Hezbollah’s highest body, is expected to elect Nasrallah’s successor in the upcoming days. Hashem ...