A bureaucratic slip in Baghdad has unexpectedly flared into a regional political drama, briefly placing two of the Middle East’s most influential armed movements — Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi forces — at the center of renewed tensions within the Muslim world.
The uproar began when Iraq’s official gazette published Issue No. 4848, listing both groups as “terrorist organisations” and ordering a freeze of their assets. The decision, attributed to an October 22 ruling by Iraq’s Committee for Freezing Terrorists’ Funds, accused the groups of involvement in “committing a terrorist act.” For several hours, the decision appeared official and decisive — and deeply shocking.
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