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Samer Kasbar

Designations and court status
AuthorityStatusDateBasis or courtSource
U.S. TreasuryDesignated Nov. 6, 2025Executive Order 13224 (Terrorism) Entry

Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words

“Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations”

U.S. Treasury, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals List entry: KASBAR, Samer, Specially Designated Nationals List entry, Nov. 6, 2025, remarks field, sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.

What Treasury Said

“In early 2025, Ibrahim offered to meet with Ja’far to coordinate a business deal that would be attended by himself or his deputy Samer Kasbar (Kasbar), director of U.S.-designated Hizballah front company Hokoul SAL Offshore Company.”

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Operatives Exploiting Lebanon’s Cash Economy, press release, Nov. 6, 2025, para. 10, home.treasury.gov.

“Kasbar regularly collaborates with Hizballah finance team members on business deals.”

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Operatives Exploiting Lebanon’s Cash Economy, press release, Nov. 6, 2025, para. 10, home.treasury.gov.

Linked To

As Listed

  • U.S. Treasury KASBAR, Samer

Exhibits

  1. Exhibit 1

    U.S. Treasury, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals List entry: KASBAR, Samer, Specially Designated Nationals List entry, Nov. 6, 2025, sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.

    Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

  2. Exhibit 2

    U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Operatives Exploiting Lebanon’s Cash Economy, press release, Nov. 6, 2025, home.treasury.gov.

    Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

    Summary The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against Hezbollah financial operatives Ossama Jaber, Ja’far Muhammad Qasir, and Samer Kasbar for supporting the movement of funds from Iran through Lebanese money exchange companies. The action was taken under Executive Order 13224, as amended, and requires the blocking of designated persons’ property and interests in property under U.S. jurisdiction.

Cite this pageMiddle East Forum, “Samer Kasbar,” Party of God, Inc., accessed October 21, 2026.