Ghazi Nasr Al-Din

Career In 2000, shortly after Hugo Chávez came to power, Nasr Al-Din immigrated into Venezuela. Nasr Al-Din eventually established a relationship with aspiring Venezuelan politician Tareck El Aissami.

Controversy Hezbollah allegations While serving as a Venezuelan diplomat in Venezuela and making connections through a local Islamic group in Venezuela, Nasr Al-Din allegedly established ties to various entities in the Middle East, including the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Nasr Al-Din had also met with Walid Makled, a Venezuelan drug trafficker, doing "business" with him.

Following the 2006 appointment of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's future president, to be Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasr Al-Din's diplomatic workload increased as he delivered multiple Venezuelan visas to Lebanese citizens in 2007. In 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury placed Nasr Al-Din on its terrorism blacklist citing his assistance of Hezbollah.

A 22 August 2010 meeting in Caracas was also planned by Nasr Al-Din, which involved Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, Hamas Supreme Leader Khaled Mashal, a Hezbollah leader and Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah. In 2015, the FBI listed him as a person of interest due to his connections to Hezbollah.

Family involvement Nasr Al-Din brothers, Abdallah and Oday, both reside in Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Abdallah Nasr Al-Din allegedly launders money for Hezbollah on the island while Oday recruits chavistas to join Bolivarian Circles and travel to Iran for training.