(BBC) A Lebanese man has gone on trial in Celle, northern Germany, accused of being a member of Hezbollah — a Shia Muslim group whose military wing is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the EU.
The 35-year-old man, named only as Fadel Z, in line with German privacy laws, is charged with having played a key role in procuring products for Hezbollah’s drone programme.
The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office said Fadel Z joined Hezbollah more than 10 years ago, first working in public relations.
In a statement, prosecutors said Fadel Z became a “foreign operator” for the group’s drone programme in 2022, first from Barcelona in Spain. In the summer of 2023, he started working from Germany.
