From left to right: Naim Qassem (AFP), Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed (NNA) and Mohammad Yazbeck (NNA).
This article was published on Oct. 24. On Oct. 29, Hezbollah officially announced in a statement that Sheikh Naim Qassem has been elected as the head of the party.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 one of the last factors of stability within the party and, above all, the designated successor to its powerful Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel assassinated one week prior. So far, Hezbollah’s shura council has not elected a new secretary general, because it is unable to meet due to the ongoing war, and because the appointment of a new leader would make him a potential target.Nevertheless, the name of Hezbolalh’s next...
This article was published on Oct. 24. On Oct. 29, Hezbollah officially announced in a statement that Sheikh Naim Qassem has been elected as the head of the party.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 one of the last factors of stability within the party and, above all, the designated successor to its powerful Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel assassinated one week prior. So far, Hezbollah’s shura council has not elected a new secretary general, because it is unable to meet due to the ongoing war, and because the appointment of a new leader would make him a potential target.Nevertheless, the name of Hezbolalh’s...
