Lebanon likely will reject a U.S. call to freeze Hezbollah’s assets. Claiming that Hezbollah is a legitimate resistance group, Finance Minister Fuad Saniora told the Voice of Lebanon radio station Tuesday that the Cabinet would discuss freezing Hezbollah assets during a meeting Thursday, but that ministers were expected to reject it.
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