Riyadh, US blacklist Hezbollah leader

Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had blacklisted Hashem Safieddine, a prominent leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah that is a close ally of Iran. The United States Treasury Department also added Safieddine to its counterterrorism blacklist on Friday. “The Saudi government today designated a leader of Hezbollah, whose name is Hashem Safieddine,” Saudi state news agency SPA said.