Hashem Safieddine

Update Hezbollah confirms Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to Nasrallah, is dead

Hezbollah confirms Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to Nasrallah, is dead

  • Safieddine, who was about 60, was killed in early October in a series of Israeli airstrikes in a southern suburb of Beirut
  • A familiar face in Lebanon and a leader with close ties to Iran, he was a member of the group’s decision-making Shoura Council and its Jihad Council
By AP ·