hezbollah

Analysis: Sadr movement, Mahdi Army shrink under pressure

Omar Fadhil | July 3, 2008

Muqtada al Sadr’s decisions to change the operations the Mahdi Army and withdraw the Sadrist slate from the upcoming election have serious implications for the future of the Sadrist movement.

Hezbollah confirmed that it agreed to a prisoner swap with Israel. Britain has designated Hezbollah’s military arm as a terrorist organization for its support of Iraqi and Palestinian terror groups. “Hezbollah’s military wing is providing active support to militants in Iraq who are responsible for attacks both on coalition forces and on Iraqi civilians, including […]

Iran

Bill Roggio | July 1, 2008

Hezbollah said to train Shiite militiamen in Iraq

Iran

Bill Roggio | June 28, 2008

Satterfield: Hezbollah is training Iraqi fighters

US designates two Hezbollah operatives in Venezuela as terrorists

Bill Roggio | June 19, 2008

A Venezuelan diplomat and a businessman use their positions to fund Hezbollah’s operations, as well and help operatives travel across the Middle East and to South America.

Lebanon

Bill Roggio | June 18, 2008

Hezbollah Supporters Attack Motorcade of US Envoy in Lebanon

Bill Roggio | June 18, 2008

The US Treasury Department has designated two Venezuela-based supporters of Hezballah as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Ghazi Nasr al Din and Fawzi Kan’an, along with two travel agencies owned and controlled by Kan’an, were given this designation for providing financial and operational support to Hezbollah.