Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem to succeed slain head Nasrallah

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers a speech as hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel increase, from an unknown location, October 8, 2024 in this still image from video. ReutersTV/Al Manar TV via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah elected its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem to succeed slain head Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Jana Choukeir, Editing by William Maclean)