Arab news sources reported that two senior US Treasury officials will soon travel to Beirut; a trip whose main goal is to increase economic and financial pressure on Hezbollah.
Publish dateSunday 9 November 2025 - 11:59
Story Code : 335425
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: As Lebanon continues to grapple with economic and security challenges, two senior US Treasury officials are leaving for Beirut today (Sunday, November 9) to meet with President Joseph Aoun.
The trip, which informed sources described as carrying a firm and threatening message against Hezbollah, is part of Washington’s increasing efforts to put pressure on the Lebanese government in order to limit the financial activities of the Islamic resistance group.
According to Al-Hadath and Al-Arabiya English, the American delegation, focusing on financial issues, intends to emphasize the need to control Lebanese banking and exchange operations - operations that the United States claims are used by Hezbollah to secure its resources from Iran.
Although the names of the two individuals are not mentioned in the Al-Arabiya report, one of them is undoubtedly John Hurley, the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. The department announced in a statement on Friday that Hurley will travel to the occupied Palestinian territories, the UAE, Turkey and Lebanon, and that his trip will focus on "working with a number of key partners to implement US President Donald Trump's maximum pressure campaign against Iran and increasing safeguards to further restrict terrorist groups' access to the global financial system."
The trip also comes as the US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned three Hezbollah members for allegedly working with Iran's Quds Force to transfer money to Lebanon. Experts consider this move to be part of the Trump administration’s strategy to “weaken Hezbollah’s financial arm.”
In contrast, Hezbollah has previously called these pressures an attempt at political blackmail and weakening the resistance, and has emphasized that none of Washington’s economic or political measures will change the path of the resistance.
In an open letter to the Lebanese government on Friday, Hezbollah warned that it will never give up its weapons and considers these weapons to be a guarantee of Lebanon’s security against the occupying regime.
The Lebanese government has also announced that, while adhering to internal stability, it will regulate its relations with all parties based on national interests.
According to informed sources, the visit of the American delegation could be a prelude to the beginning of a new phase of Washington’s political and economic pressure on Hezbollah, especially as tensions between Hezbollah and the Zionist regime are increasing on Lebanon’s southern borders. The US Treasury Department has not yet released official details of the visit.
The trip, which informed sources described as carrying a firm and threatening message against Hezbollah, is part of Washington’s increasing efforts to put pressure on the Lebanese government in order to limit the financial activities of the Islamic resistance group.
According to Al-Hadath and Al-Arabiya English, the American delegation, focusing on financial issues, intends to emphasize the need to control Lebanese banking and exchange operations - operations that the United States claims are used by Hezbollah to secure its resources from Iran.
Although the names of the two individuals are not mentioned in the Al-Arabiya report, one of them is undoubtedly John Hurley, the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. The department announced in a statement on Friday that Hurley will travel to the occupied Palestinian territories, the UAE, Turkey and Lebanon, and that his trip will focus on "working with a number of key partners to implement US President Donald Trump's maximum pressure campaign against Iran and increasing safeguards to further restrict terrorist groups' access to the global financial system."
The trip also comes as the US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned three Hezbollah members for allegedly working with Iran's Quds Force to transfer money to Lebanon. Experts consider this move to be part of the Trump administration’s strategy to “weaken Hezbollah’s financial arm.”
In contrast, Hezbollah has previously called these pressures an attempt at political blackmail and weakening the resistance, and has emphasized that none of Washington’s economic or political measures will change the path of the resistance.
In an open letter to the Lebanese government on Friday, Hezbollah warned that it will never give up its weapons and considers these weapons to be a guarantee of Lebanon’s security against the occupying regime.
The Lebanese government has also announced that, while adhering to internal stability, it will regulate its relations with all parties based on national interests.
According to informed sources, the visit of the American delegation could be a prelude to the beginning of a new phase of Washington’s political and economic pressure on Hezbollah, especially as tensions between Hezbollah and the Zionist regime are increasing on Lebanon’s southern borders. The US Treasury Department has not yet released official details of the visit.
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