2024-03-20T18:49:56+00:00
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/ 4 sources near Hezbollah reported to Reuters on Wednesday that Wafiq Safa, a senior official within the Lebanese group allied with Iran, lately visited the UAE.
The historic go to, based on what Reuters reported, got here to facilitate the discharge of greater than 10 Lebanese residents detained within the UAE.
Analysts instructed Reuters that the go to, which got here on the invitation of Abu Dhabi, might point out a significant shift away from the hostility that has lengthy characterised relations between the Shiite Hezbollah group and the UAE, a strategic ally of america.
There was no response but from the UAE Ministry of International Affairs to Reuters’ requests for remark.
One supply, who spoke on situation of anonymity, described Wafiq Safa’s go to as a “new web page” in relations between the UAE and Hezbollah, which america and its Gulf allies classify as a terrorist group.
The sources mentioned that Safa traveled to the UAE on Tuesday, and he runs Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit chargeable for coordination with the Lebanese safety providers, and is topic to US sanctions.