Hashem Safieddine is Hassan Nasrallah’s maternal cousin. He is the favorite to succeed him as the leader of Hezbollah.

The Israeli military confirmed Tuesday that Hashem Safieddine, who was believed to be Hezbollah’s next top official, was killed in an Israeli attack. He was found to have been killed in an Oct ...

Hezbollah’s likely new leader Hashem Safieddine is like his late predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, a staunch critic of Israel and the West, with deep alliances with the Iranian leadership.

BEIRUT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Hashem Safieddine, the top Hezbollah official widely expected to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack, the group said Wednesday.

Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of and presumed successor to the assassinated Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was the latest top official in the organization whom the Israeli military says it has ...

Hashem Safieddine, whose killing was confirmed by Hezbollah on Wednesday, briefly helped run Lebanon's strongest military and political force as the presumed successor to its slain leader Hassan ...

Just like his cousin Hassan Nasrallah – killed in a massive Israeli air raid on Hezbollah’s headquarters in the outskirts of southern Beirut on September 27 – Hashem Safieddine wears a black ...