U.S. sanctions on the Hezbollah having 'negative' impact on Lebanon

The long-serving speaker of Lebanon's parliament told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday that U.S. sanctions on the Hezbollah group were having a "negative impact on Lebanon and the Lebanese".

Nabih Berri told Pompeo that Hezbollah is a Lebanese party in the government and parliament and that its armed "resistance" against Israel was a result of the continuing Israeli occupation of Lebanese territory, Berri's office said in a statement.