By Tala Ramadan
SECURITY authorities the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have dismantled a “terrorist network” allegedly funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and its backer Iran, arresting its members, the state news agency has said.
It said the network, which had been operating under a fictitious commercial cover, was involved in “money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security”, and sought to undermine financial stability.
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