Kuwait blacklists eight Lebanon hospitals over alleged Hezbollah ties: What to know
The affected hospitals, located in areas where Hezbollah has a heavy presence, are believed to be run by Hezbollah-affiliated institutions.
BEIRUT — Kuwait placed eight Lebanese hospitals believed to be run by or affiliated with the paramilitary Hezbollah group on its terror list on Sunday in the latest regional effort to close the group’s funding channels.
What happened: A Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry committee tasked with implementing UN Security Council resolutions issued under Chapter VII related to combating terrorism made the decision to place the hospitals on Kuwait’s national list of sanctioned individuals and entities, the local Al-Rai newspaper reported on Sunday.
According to its website, the committee can add any entity or individual suspected of committing or attempting to commit a terrorist act to its sanctions list at the request of a foreign or local authority. It remains unclear whether Sunday’s decision was made domestically or at the request of a foreign entity.
Two of the affected hospitals are in southern Lebanon: Sheikh Ragheb Harb University Hospital in Nabatieh and Salah Ghandour Hospital in Bint Jbeil. Another two are in the east: Al-Amal Hospital and Dar al-Hikma Hospital, both in Baalbek. One is in northeast Lebanon: Al-Batoul Hospital in Hermel. The last three are in the southern suburbs of Beirut: Saint George Hospital in Hadath, Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam Hospital and Al-Shifa Hospital in Khaldeh.
