The rubble of an al-Qard al-Hassan office, a Hezbollah microcredit organization, destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, on Sep. 2, 2026, in the city of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
In Lebanon, the most sensitive cases are not necessarily buried: They sometimes simply get lost among institutions that deflect responsibility onto one another. Last June, Justice Minister Adel Nassar referred the case to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, calling for an investigation into the activities of al-Qard al-Hassan, an association linked to Hezbollah and subject to U.S., British and several Gulf Cooperation Council sanctions. The ministry cited an internal study that found grounds for an investigation. Yet several months later, nothing public confirms that one has been launched, while the case remains distributed among the public prosecutor, Banque du Liban (BDL), the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) and the Ministry of Interior.The uncertainty comes at a delicate moment: At its next meeting in October, the...
In Lebanon, the most sensitive cases are not necessarily buried: They sometimes simply get lost among institutions that deflect responsibility onto one another. Last June, Justice Minister Adel Nassar referred the case to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, calling for an investigation into the activities of al-Qard al-Hassan, an association linked to Hezbollah and subject to U.S., British and several Gulf Cooperation Council sanctions. The ministry cited an internal study that found grounds for an investigation. Yet several months later, nothing public confirms that one has been launched, while the case remains distributed among the public prosecutor, Banque du Liban (BDL), the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) and the Ministry of Interior.The uncertainty comes at a delicate moment: At its next meeting in October,...
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