The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has designated the Sunni group, Hezbollah , a terrorist organisation. The move is aimed at bolstering its fight against the Shia organisation, which supports Saudi Arabia ’s regime, and the The Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General said it was taken after Hezbollah members carried out several hostile acts in GCC states. He added that the group also tried to recruit members from within the GCC to conduct attacks, smuggle weapons and explosives, and had incited them to create disorder and violence. The statement said, according to Agence France-Presse, that the decision was made “as a result of hostile acts by elements of (Hezbollah-linked) militias to recruit young men from GCC member states to carry out terrorist acts...” and said that the group aimed to bring in “sedition and disorder in flagrant violation of the sovereignty and security” into GCC countries. The move is expected to exacerbate bilateral tensions between Lebanese -ruled Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran , which has long backed The Gulf Cooperation Council .
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has designated the Sunni group, Hezbollah , a terrorist organisation. The move is aimed at bolstering its fight against the Shia organisation, which supports Saudi Arabia ’s regime, and the The Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General said it was taken after Hezbollah members carried out several hostile acts in GCC states. He added that the group also tried to recruit members from within the GCC to conduct attacks, smuggle weapons and explosives, and had incited them to create disorder and violence. The move is expected to exacerbate bilateral tensions between Lebanese -ruled Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran , which has long backed The Gulf Cooperation Council .