US State Department declares Jawad Nasrallah as global terrorist

The US State Department has declared Jawad Nasrallah, the son of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, as a global terrorist as it steps up pressure on the Lebanese militia group.

State Department said in Washington that Jawad had in recent years recruited people to carry out terrorist



attacks against Israel in the West Bank. State Department also maintained its 21 year old Foreign Terrorist Organization designation of Hezbollah, as the group battles prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri for a powerful role in the new Lebanese government.