Terror organization: Hezbollah;

Status: Zaitar is a known arms dealer and drug smuggler and is currently wanted by the Lebanese authorities;

Role: Zaitar reportedly conducts his illicit activities under the protection of Hezbollah;

Location: Syria; Lebanon;

Born: 1971;

Gender: Male;

Known also as: (Arabic: حسن محمد دقو); DAQOU, Hassan; DAQOU, Hassan bin Muhammad; DAQOU, Hassan Muhammed; DAQOU, Mohamed Hassan; DEQQO, Hassan Mohammed; “DAGO, Hassan Mohamed”; “DAQU, Hassan”; “DUKKO, Hassan”;

Activities:
Noah Zaitar (Zaitar) is a Lebanese national with close ties to both the SAA’s Fourth Division and certain members of Hizballah. Zaitar is a known arms dealer and drug smuggler and is currently wanted by the Lebanese authorities for drug trafficking. Zaitar reportedly conducts his illicit activities under the protection of the Fourth Division.

Zaitar is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hizballah.