U.S. imposes sanctions on two Lebanese businessmen and MP


  • World
  • Friday, 29 Oct 2021

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's former Major General Jamil al-Sayyed looks on in the court room at the special international tribunal for Lebanon in Leidschendam January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on two top Lebanese contractors and a lawmaker close to the Hezbollah movement over alleged large-scale corruption that undermined the rule of law in Lebanon.

Businessmen Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, close to former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and Christian politician Gebran Bassil respectively, were sanctioned on Thursday for alleged corruption related to state contracts.

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