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After Safieddine’s assassination, who could succeed Nasrallah?

On Oct. 29, Hezbollah officially announced in a statement that Naim Qassem has been elected as the head of the party.

After Safieddine’s assassination, who could succeed Nasrallah?

From left to right: Naim Qassem (AFP), Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed (NNA) and Mohammad Yazbeck (NNA).

So, it will not be Hashem Safieddine. But who then? On Tuesday, Hezbollah confirmed that its executive council’s head was killed in an Israeli attack three weeks earlier. This has caused a great deal of uncertainty, considering that Safieddine was...
So, it will not be Hashem Safieddine. But who then? On Tuesday, Hezbollah confirmed that its executive council’s head was killed in an Israeli attack three weeks earlier. This has caused a great deal of uncertainty, considering that Safieddine was...