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Brief Analysis
Sworn Frenemies: Sunni-Shiite Conflict and Cooperation
Notwithstanding current hostilities, there is a long history of cooperation between Sunni and Shiite extremists.
May 30, 2013
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  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Hezbollah's Declaration of War in Syria: Military Implications
Hezbollah's commitment to the Syrian conflict will likely change the course of the war.
May 29, 2013
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  • Jeffrey White
Articles & Testimony
South of the Border, a Threat from Hezbollah
A detailed look at the group's robust criminal and support networks in Latin America, including its close relations with drug cartels.
May 15, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Hezbollah's Criminal Network Expanding in Size, Scope and Savvy
In late April, the Obama administration blacklisted two Lebanese money exchanges for allegedly facilitating Hezbollah's use of narcotics trafficking profits to fund terrorist activities. In an email interview, Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute and author of the forthcoming Hezbollah: The
May 1, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Hizb Allah Resurrected: The Party of God's Return to Tradecraft
During the past few years, Lebanese Hizb Allah's global operations increased markedly, but until recently its efforts yielded few successes.
Apr 29, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Syria's Meltdown Requires a U.S.-Led Response
As Syria heads toward a meltdown spilling over its borders -- with loss of control over strategic weapons, accelerated refugee flows, spreading extremism, and Sunni-Shiite clashes -- only engaging with those doing the fighting will give Washington much influence over events.
Mar 22, 2013
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Brief Analysis
Cyprus Court Convicts Hezbollah Operative: Next Steps
As Europe debates listing Hezbollah as a terrorist entity, Washington should propose more joint actions to step up pressure on the group.
Mar 22, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Why Europe Should Ban Hezbollah
Recent cases, including the July 2012 bus bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria, have forced reluctant European leaders to seriously debate the issue of banning Hezbollah.
Mar 18, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Video
Hezbollah, Europe, and the Iran Connection
What's behind Hezbollah's expansion of terror operations into Europe?
Mar 13, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Video
Brief Analysis
Field Reports on Syria and the Opposition
Sign up for live event broadcast alerts from The Washington Institute On March 7, 2013, Andrew J. Tabler, Jeffrey White, and Simon Henderson addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute to discuss their recent trips to Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, and the Persian Gulf. Mr. Tabler is a senior
Mar 12, 2013
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Jeffrey White
  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah's European Enablers
Given Hezbollah's long and sordid history in Europe, and the fact that it has now resumed violent operations there, what will it take to get EU member states to ban the group?
Mar 11, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
In-Depth Reports
Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God
This groundbreaking book examines Hezbollah's beginnings, its first violent forays in Lebanon, and its ongoing terrorist activities and criminal enterprises around the globe.
Mar 4, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah Worried; Europe Should Be Too
Unlike with past cases, Hezbollah seems to believe that recent terrorism charges in Bulgaria and Cyprus cannot be summarily ignored.
Feb 26, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Magnus Norell
Articles & Testimony
EU: Designate Hezbollah a Terrorist Organisation Now
Hezbollah remains confident that Germany and France will steer the EU away from designation, and this sense of complacency could lead to more terrorist attacks.
Feb 22, 2013
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  • Magnus Norell
The Hezbollah Connection in Syria and Iran
Dr. Levitt and CFR.org consulting editor Bernard Gwertzman discuss Hezbollah's preparations for Assad's fall, its ever-closer ties with Iran, and its expanding terrorist and militant activities inside and outside Lebanon.
Feb 15, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
A mural of slain prime minister Rafiq Hariri in Beirut
Articles & Testimony
Anniversary of Hariri's Murder
The late prime minister's assassination is only one of many destabilizing moves Hezbollah has made over the past several years.
Feb 14, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Multimedia
Brief Analysis
Europe's Hezbollah Problem (Part 2)
How is Europe dealing with the resurgence of Iranian state-sponsored and Hezbollah terrorist activity?
Feb 13, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Brief Analysis
Europe's Hezbollah Problem (Part 1)
How is Europe dealing with the resurgence of Iranian state-sponsored and Hezbollah terrorist activity?
Feb 13, 2013
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  • Karen Betts
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Articles & Testimony
On a Military Wing and a Prayer
Europe thinks it can separate Hezbollah's political activities from its terrorist operations, but the Party of God isn't built that way.
Feb 12, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Why Bulgaria? Why Now?
Hezbollah's Bulgaria attack shows that the group and its Iranian cohorts have climbed back up the list of immediate terrorist threats.
Feb 12, 2013
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  • Matthew Levitt

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Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute.
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Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute's Rubin Family Arab Politics Program, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant.
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