Tue 21 January 2020:
The Honduran government has formally declared Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, a top security official said on Monday.
“We declare Hezbollah a terrorist organisation and will include it in the registry of persons and institutions linked to acts of terrorism and its financing,” said Luis Suazo, Honduras’ deputy security minister.
Hezbollah has also been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States government.
Last week, Guatemala’s new president, Alejandro Giammattei, also signalled he would label Hezbollah a terrorist group.
The UK’s Treasury, or finance ministry, said on January 17 it had expanded an asset freeze to include the whole of Hezbollah, in addition to its military wing.
Last year, Argentina designated the group, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, as a terrorist organisation and froze its assets in the country.
Other countries that have designate Hezbollah or its military wing as a terrorist organisation include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the European Union and Israel.
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