US accuses Lebanese men of Hezbollah drug smuggling

The US. Treasury Department on Wednesday banned Americans from doing business with four Lebanese and Venezuelan men it accused of helping to smuggle narcotics and oversee fundraising for the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group.

The four men are: Abbas Hussein Harb, who holds citizenship in Lebanon and Venezuela; Ibrahim Chibl, a Lebanese citizen; Ali Houssein Harb and Kassem Mohamad Saleh, both duel citizens of Lebanon and Venezuela. (Reuters)