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Hashem Safieddine ) (born 1964) is a Lebanese Shia cleric, senior Hezbollah official and a maternal cousin of the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah .1He is the head of Hezbollah 's Executive Council and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist , and generally considered the "number two" in Hezbollah.2Foundation for Defense of Democracies . "Hashem Safi al-Din – Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council (and Hassan Nasrallah's Designated Successor?)" . Alma Research and Education Center .3
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Hashim Safi Al Din is a Lebanese Shia cleric, senior Hezbollah official and a maternal cousin of the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah . Stratfor . 17 November 2009 .
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Hashim Safi Al Din ( Sayyed Hashem Safieddine ) is a Lebanese Shia cleric, senior Hezbollah official and a maternal cousin of the secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah .He is the head of Hezbollah 's Executive Council and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist , and generally considered the "number 2" in Hezbollah.Foundation for Defense of Democracies .
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Lebanese Shia cleric (1964–2024) Hashem Safieddine (1964 – c. 3 October 2024 ) was a Lebanese Shia cleric who served as the head of Hezbollah 's Executive Council from 2001 until his assassination in 2024.A maternal cousin of Hassan Nasrallah , Safieddine was considered the "number two" in Hezbollah for many years.In 2017, he was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States and designated as a terrorist by Saudi Arabia .Following the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike on 27 September 2024, during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict , in which Nasrallah was killed, Safieddine was named as his likely successor.On 3 October 2024, Safieddine was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh , south of Beirut.His death was confirmed later that month.There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “lebanese shia cleric”. Today it says “lebanese shia cleric who served as the head of hezbollah 's executive council from 2001 until his assassination”. Read the current article and compare.
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lebanese shia cleric
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lebanese shia cleric who served as the head of hezbollah 's executive council from 2001 until his assassination
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