Kuwait’s security authorities are carrying out an extensive investigation into suspicious financial transfers that could be directed to financing the Hezbollah party in Lebanon. The Public Prosecution is questioning eight detainees in connection with the transfers.
Last Thursday, Kuwaiti security authorities arrested a group accused of working and collaborating with Hezbollah and forming a cell in the country.
The sources said other people could also be arrested in the case, adding that the detainees denied the charges of financing Hezbollah’s activities, but stated that they had been making transfers over many years for the benefit of charitable organizations and institutions in Lebanon. The Public Prosecution is seeking to verify the claims.
Since May 2018, Kuwait has designated as terrorist Hezbollah’s military wing and ten of its prominent leaders. It took this action in partnership with the US and Gulf states, as part of efforts to combat terrorism financing.
On its terrorist list, Kuwait designated each of Naim Qassem, Muhammad Yazbek, Hussein Khalil, Hashem Safieddine, Talal Hamiyeh, Adham Tabajah, Hassan Ibrahim, Maher Trading, Al-Enmaa Group for Projects and Engineering, Ali Youssef Sharara, Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed and Hussein Ibrahim.
On Aug. 13, 2015, Kuwaiti authorities announced the arrest of a Hezbollah cell that was storing and possessing weapons on a farm in the Abdali area, in a case known as the Abdali cell.
