OFAC Sanctions Financial Facilitators for Hezbollah

The Office of Foreign Assets Control on Jan. 18 sanctioned three people and one entity for acting as “financial facilitators” for Hezbollah. OFAC said Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun and Jihad Salem Alame -- founders of the Lebanon-based travel agency Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism -- help support the terrorist group through goods or services. Diab and Alame are Hezbollah members, and Daoun is a Hezbollah official, OFAC said.