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Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militant group, says it has chosen Naim Qassem to replace its former leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month.
Kassem, a longtime deputy to Nasrallah, has served as Hezbollah’s acting leader since Nasrallah’s death.
“Hezbollah’s (governing) Shura Council agreed to elect… Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary general of Hezbollah,” Hezbollah said in a statement.