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Hezbollah appoints Naim Kassem as the new leader after Nasrallah's death
Kassem, a longtime deputy to Nasrallah, has served as the militant group's acting leader since Nasrallah's death
Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group on Tuesday said it chose Naim Kassem to replace its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month. Kassem, a longtime deputy to Nasrallah, has served as the militant group's acting leader since Nasrallah's death. The group said in a statement that Hezbollah's decision-making Shura Council elected Kassem, who had been Nasrallah's deputy leader for over three decades, as the new secretary-general. Hezbollah vowed to continue with Nasrallah's policies “until victory is achieved”.