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Shafaq News..US Expels Lebanese Consul in Detroit over Hezbollah Posts
The State Department said Charara’s posts praised the 1983 Beirut bombing and referenced Hezbollah, prompting his expulsion.
- On Sunday, the US State Department declared Lebanon's consul general in Detroit, Ibrahim Sharara, persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country over social media posts attributed to him.
- An investigation published November 2 by the Washington Free Beacon alleged Sharara praised the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, which killed 241 US service members, in posts from five years ago.
- In one 2021 post, Sharara reportedly wrote that "heroic resistance" ended the "American military occupation" of Lebanon; a source told LBCI the account was hacked years ago.
- Controversy surfaced over a photograph showing Sharara alongside Abdul El-Sayed, who was elected to the US Senate from Michigan this week, though sources deny any personal or political ties.
- Washington designates Hezbollah a terrorist organization, and the Lebanese Embassy in Washington received formal notification of the Trump administration's decision, marking a significant diplomatic shift.
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Charara has attended a number of other events with Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud (D.) and Osama Siblani, a Dearborn community leader who unapologetically refers to Hezbollah as 'freedom fighters.'
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