His brother is Abdallah Safieddine, an influential figure in Hezbollah who leads the group's operations in Iran. In 2017, the U.S. Department of State designated Hashem Safieddine a terrorist due ...

Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of and presumed successor to the assassinated Hezbollah leader, ... Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters. Mr. Safieddine, born in the early 1960s in southern Lebanon, ...

Hashem Safieddine studied theology in Iraq and Iran, together with Hassan Nasrallah, and was groomed by him as a possible successor. His brother, Abdallah Safieddine, is Hezbollah's representative ...

In addition, Hashem Safieddine's brother, Abdallah Safieddine, is the head of Hezbollah’s operations in Iran. Both brothers are on the US black-list of terrorists for their ties to Iran.

Hezbollah lost their leader of 32 years with the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and now all eyes are on his cousin Hashem Safieddine who is expected to take up the mantle.

Ali Hashem, an Al-Jazeera journalist that was on the scene of Abdallah’s death, claims that the journalists were deliberately targeted by the Israeli military for “covering the tension in south ...

Hezbollah has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces since its Palestinian ally Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, triggering war in the Gaza Strip.

Hashem Safieddine, a senior Hezbollah leader once presumed heir of assassinated cleric Hassan Nasrallah, was the target of an Israeli strike in Lebanon, Israeli and U.S. media reported on Thursday.

Safieddine also spoke out in June when Israel killed Hezbollah commander Taleb Abdallah, promising retribution. “Let (the enemy) prepare himself to cry and wail,” Safieddine said at the time.