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White House Renews Lebanon-Related Sanctions Authority

President Joe Biden last week extended for one year beyond Aug. 1 a national emergency that authorizes certain sanctions against people who undermine Lebanon’s government or contribute to the “deliberate breakdown in the rule of law” in Lebanon, the White…

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House said. Certain “ongoing activities,” including Iran’s “continuing arms transfers” to Hezbollah, “serve to undermine Lebanese sovereignty” and contribute to political and economic instability in the region, the White House said.