Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

Welcome! Log in to stay connected and make the most of your experience.

Input clean

Hezbollah's Armed Resistance

Hezbollah's Armed Resistance

Near Bent Jbail, Lebanon – February 28, 2013: Surface to Surface rockets pointing south (toward Israel) on the roadside from Qana to Bent Jbail in Hezbollah controlled South Lebanon.

A recent European Union report  offers an EU specific look at terrorism faced by member states in 2017.   A part of that report focused on terrorist financing, particularly on how money-laundering operations for organized crime groups are partly financing Lebanese Hezbollah's military wing.  

Just before Lebanon's Parliamentary elections in May, The Cipher Brief asked our experts about Hezbollah's ties to Iran, Syria, and it's likely path ahead.

Keep reading...Show less
Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight by becoming a Cipher Brief Subscriber+ Member.

Related Articles

Ground Truth on Ukraine’s Tech War

Ground Truth on Ukraine’s Tech War

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainians have used every resource available to fight back. From aid packages and [...] More

U.S. Support for Ukraine Would be Cheap at Twice the Price

OPINION – On a recent visit to Kyiv, I stood near midnight in an operations center surrounded by young Ukrainian drone pilots remotely flying [...] More

Report for Wednesday, June 11, 2025

9:30 America/New_York Wednesday, June 11 [...] More

An Engaging Look at U.S. – China Relations

BOOK REVIEW: Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost AmericaBy David Shambaugh / Oxford University PressReviewed by: Paul HeerThe Reviewer — [...] More

Report for Tuesday, June 10, 2025

8:34 America/New_York Tuesday, June 10 [...] More

Dead Drop: June 6

THE TANGLED WEB: For an excellent deep dive into the meaning and mechanics of Ukraine’s stunning deep strike into Russia that destroyed or damaged [...] More

Report for Monday, June 9, 2025

8:39 America/New_York Monday, June 9 [...] More