Arab League Reverses Stance on Hezbollah, Removes Terrorist Label

The Arab League will no longer refer to Hezbollah as a terrorist group, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League, Hossam Zaki, announced on Saturday.

“The Arab League does not maintain official terrorist lists and does not seek to label entities as terrorist organizations,” Hossam Zaki said during an interview with Cairo’s Al Qahera TV.

Zaki noted that member states of the Arab League have agreed to reverse a March 2016 decision to blacklist Hezbollah, thus no longer labeling it as “terrorist”.