Ali Reda Abdallah

Ali Reda Abdallah is a U.S.-designated Lebanese businessman and financial facilitator for Hezbollah. Abdallah, along with his brother Ahmad, coordinated closely to advance investment projects in Iraq on behalf of Hezbollah. Given Abdallah’s ongoing involvement with Hezbollah, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Abdallah as Specially Designated National (SDN) on May 19, 2022. “Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network’s Abuse of the Business Sector,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, May 19, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0796.

Abdallah has been active with Hezbollah since at least the 1990s, when he was expelled from Sweden due to his affiliation with the terror group and for plotting an attack on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. “Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network’s Abuse of the Business Sector,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, May 19, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0796.

Since then, Abdallah has been associated with several Hezbollah-linked companies headed by his brother, Ahmad. Among those companies were the United International Exhibition Company, United General Contracting, Al Moukhtar Products Co. SARL, and United General Holding. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, when accounts were opened for Ahmad Abdallah’s businesses, Abdallah was one of the officials given power of attorney for several business accounts. “Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network’s Abuse of the Business Sector,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, May 19, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0796.

In 2020, the Abdallah brothers coordinated to expand their business ventures in Iraq on behalf of Hezbollah. Among one of their new projects was an Iraqi bottling plant that they bought in March 2020. U.S. government sources have claimed the purchase was an effort by Hezbollah to set up intelligence and commercial fronts in Iraq that would then be used as satellite locations for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or Hezbollah. However, local law enforcement carried out a raid on the bottling plant, and it was discovered that Ahmad Abdallah was altering labels on medications brought in from Lebanon that were then sold on the black market to pharmacies. “Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network’s Abuse of the Business Sector,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, May 19, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0796.

Due to Abdallah’s extensive history working with Hezbollah, on May 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Abdallah as an SDN for acting in support of Hezbollah. “Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network’s Abuse of the Business Sector,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, May 19, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0796.

Extremist entity
Hezbollah
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Type(s) of Organization:
Militia, political party, social-service provider, terrorist, transnational, violent
Ideologies and Affiliations:
Iranian-sponsored, Islamist, jihadist, Khomeinist, Shiite
Position(s):
Financier

Hezbollah is an Iranian-sponsored, internationally sanctioned terrorist group with an anti-Israel and anti-U.S. agenda. Hezbollah is primarily based in Lebanon, but has carried out terrorist and criminal operations around the world.

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  • On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Ali Reda Abdallah as a Specially Designated National.“Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network’s Abuse of the Business Sector,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, May 19, 2022, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0796.

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