ANKARA: The Lebanese group Hezbollah on Tuesday named Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem as its new leader. Qassem will succeed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month. In a statement, Hezbollah said that Qassem was elected as a new leader by the group's Shura Council. Qassem has served as a Hezbollah deputy leader since 1991. Source: Anadolu Agency