US and Gulf Partners Sanction Lebanon’s Hezbollah Leader, Deputy

A supporter of the March 14 movement, which opposes the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, puts his shoe on a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (R) and then Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati (L) during the funeral of top intelligence chief General Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, in downtown Beirut, on Oct. 21, 2012. Hassan, then prominent Lebanese figure opposed Assad, died when a powerful bomb exploded in a Beirut suburb on Oct. 19, sparking angry calls for Mikati and his government to quit. JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON–The United States and Gulf partners imposed additional sanctions on Lebanon’s Hezbollah leadership on Wednesday, targeting its top two officials, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem.

The U.S. Treasury Department said four other individuals were also sanctioned, as was the group ISIS in the Greater Sahara, which was designated as a foreign terrorist organisation.