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Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader

Naim Qassem will succeed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month

Ahmed Asmar  | 29.10.2024 - Update : 29.10.2024
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader

ANKARA 

The Lebanese group Hezbollah on Tuesday named Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem as its new leader.

Qassem will succeed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month.

In a statement, Hezbollah said that Qassem was elected as a new leader by the group’s Shura Council.

Qassem has served as a Hezbollah deputy leader since 1991.

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