Osama Maarouf Saad (or Oussama Saad, Arabic: أسامة معروف سعد; born June 6, 1954, in Saida), is a Lebanese politician, MP,[1] and the leader of the Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO) movement allied with the Syrian government and Hezbollah,[2][3][4] founded by his father Maarouf Saad,[5] a leftist politician and mayor of Sidon whose violent assassination in 1975 helped spark the Lebanese Civil War.[6]
Osama’s family is a prominent Sunni Muslim family in Sidon,[7] but he aligns himself with the Shiite Hezbollah[8][9] and the Iran-led “axis of resistance”.[10] He was subject to Hezbollah's online threats in 2021 after his PNO condemned the assassination of the anti-Hezbollah Lokman Slim.[11]
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- ^ "Protests in Lebanon's Sidon over worsening economy". Arab News. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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- ^ "Factbox: Hezbollah and allies gain sway in Lebanon parliament". Reuters. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "The Lebanese sheikh who's leading a sit-in against Hezbollah". Christian Science Monitor. 2012-07-05. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ Perry, Tom; Hashisho, Ali (2018-05-02). "A Lebanese city, and an election, feel effect of Saudi cold shoulder". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ Zrein, Rim (2021-02-08). "MP Osama Saad Is The Latest Target Of Hezbollah's Online Threats". The961. Retrieved 2021-02-12.