US welcomes Estonian sanctions on Lebanon’s Hezbollah

The United States has welcomed Estonia’s move to sanction Lebanon’s Hezbollah and recognise the militant group as a terrorist organisation, following similar moves by Germany and Lithuania earlier this year. Estonia imposed sanctions on the Iran-aligned Shia militant group on Thursday, becoming the fifth EU-member state to designate Hezbollah this year. As well as a being a militia, Hezbollah also holds some power within the Lebanese government. “Hezbollah poses a...