Who Is Hashem Safieddine, The Senior Hezbollah Leader? – Analysis

By Frud Bezhan

(RFE/RL) -- Hashem Safieddine is a cousin and potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader assassinated by Israel.

Safieddine, a senior figure inside Hezbollah, the armed group and political party that controls much of southern Lebanon, was reportedly targeted by Israeli air strikes in the...