The conclusion of the counter-ISIS campaign, far from stabilizing Iraq, is creating the context for future conflict and disorder that will have regional consequences and create complications for the United States. Keep Reading
"A lot of these violent extremism threats don't fit into nice, neat ideological buckets," FBI director warns. Keep Reading
Ayyash is a senior operative in Hizballah’s Unit 121, the group’s assassinations squad which receives its orders directly from Hizballah leader Hasan Nasrallah. Ayyash is known to have been involved in efforts to harm U.S. military personnel. Keep Reading
Mariam Taha Thompson, 63, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, worked as a contract linguist at an overseas U.S. military facility where she was entrusted with a top secret government security clearance. Keep Reading
Illicit trade and counterfeiting is a stable funding source for terrorist organizations and transnational criminal groups. Keep Reading
Guatemala on Friday designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The designation reportedly includes all of the Iranian-backed Shiite group's branches. Keep Reading
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program has a standing reward offer of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the global terrorist organization Lebanese Hizballah. Keep Reading
The Central Council is responsible for identifying and electing the group’s highest decision-making body, the Shura Council, which formulates policy and asserts control over all aspects of Hizballah’s activities, including its military activities. Keep Reading
The Washington Institute has launched a comprehensive interactive map and timeline of Hezbollah's global terrorist activity from the group's founding through 2020. Keep Reading
A Lebanese national wanted in Florida is alleged to have conspired to engage in, and actually engaged, in the laundering of drug proceeds through the use of the black market peso exchange in support of Hezbollah’s global criminal-support network. Keep Reading
This announcement is part of the Department’s standing reward offer for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the terrorist organization Lebanese Hizballah. Keep Reading
Through Feb. 10, the FBI said, she accessed 57 files on eight human intelligence sources, including names, photos, background information, and details on the intel provided by those sources. Keep Reading
These designations demonstrate once again how Hizballah uses its expansive and shadowy network of companies to pursue its own malign interests and those of its primary benefactor, Iran, at the expense of the Lebanese people. Keep Reading
Of 68 groups designated as foreign terrorist organizations, DEA has linked 25 of those to the drug trade. Keep Reading
This act of war may lead to exactly what Soleimani was aiming for – ousting U.S. forces from Iraq and diminishing U.S. influence there. Keep Reading
While living in the United States, Saab remained an IJO operative, continued to receive military training in Lebanon, and conducted numerous operations. Keep Reading
Senior IRGC-QF official and former Iranian Minister of Petroleum Rostam Qasemi oversees this sprawling network, which features dozens of ship managers, vessels, and facilitators. Keep Reading
Unfortunately for Rafik Hariri, Hezbollah did not choose the attack plans for which his security was prepared. Keep Reading
Salman is most well-known for his prominent role in the July 18, 1994, bombing of AMIA, a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Keep Reading
No post-9/11 threats are comparable to what Hezbollah will bring to the table, and sector is largely unguarded. Keep Reading