BEIRUT: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who...

Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem as new leader following the death of Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli air attack.

Decision of Hezbollah’s Shura Council comes more than a month after Nasrallah’s killing

Qassem will succeed former Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, who was killed in Israeli strikes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut last month.

Lebanon's Hezbollah has elected its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike on the group's headquarters in Beirut in September.