Publish Date: 29 October 2024 - 14:09

Hezbollah names "Naim Qassem" as new secretary general

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) –Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has been elected as new chief of Lebanese Resistance Movement after his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was martyred in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut last month.

The Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement issued a statement on Tuesday, announcing the election of Sheikh Naim Qassem as the new Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement.

Qassem, whose promotion from deputy leader was announced on Tuesday, replaces Hassan Nasrallah as secretary-general of the Lebanon-based armed group.

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