WASHINGTON: The U.S. Treasury on Friday placed sanctions on a senior Hezbollah operative it said coordinated the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires. The announcement follows the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Buenos Aires for a regional security conference. During his visit, Pompeo will highlight the risks posed by Hezbollah, U.S. officials said. Argentinian authorities on Thursday designated Hezbollah, which it blames for the attack on the Jewish community center and an attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992 that killed 29 people. The sanctions will freeze any assets belonging to Salman in the United States and prohibits U.S. citizens from dealing with him.

Source: Pakistan Today July 19, 2019 16:36 UTC