US accuses Hezbollah of funding war in Syria with drugs

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On February 2, the DEA announced that it had uncovered a major international drug trafficking network run by Hezbollah to finance its activities in Lebanon and Syria. The DEA, with the help from international law enforcement from seven countries, carried out several arrests that stemmed from the monitoring of Hezbollah's cocaine smuggling network in the US and Europe. Additional Vocabulary:

عبر

(here) through شخص  ، أشخاص

Person, people

حول العالم

Around the world نتيجة ل

Resulting from

شبكة ، شبكات

Network(s) بقيمة

worth

تابعة ل

Belonging to (f) لصالح

For the benefit of

بهدف

With the intention of إلى جانب

As well as

عمليات إرهابية

Terror operations البحث عن

Searching for

من أجل

(here) for طريقة  ، طرق

Way(s)

على حد تعبيره

As he put it ناطق

Spokesman

لبيع وشراء

To buy and sell السيارات المستعملة الفارهة

Luxury Used cars

بعض الأحيان

sometimes تعليق

A comment

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