Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader

ANKARA

The Lebanese group Hezbollah on Tuesday named Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem as its new leader.

Qassem will succeed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month.

In a statement, Hezbollah said that Qassem was elected as a new leader by the group’s Shura Council.

Qassem has served as a Hezbollah deputy leader since 1991.