By Sondoss Al Asaad

Hezbollah will counter financial stranglehold amid hybrid war

BEIRUT—With a sharply worded warning, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem cautioned the Lebanese authorities and Banque du Liban (BDL) against taking any step that would constrict Al-Qard Al-Hassan institute, describing it as nothing less than the “social lung” of a country whose state structures have all but collapsed.