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thwarted two attacks aimed at the group. On June 20, a suicide bomber detonated his payload at a checkpoint in Dahr al-Baidar, on the road between Beirut and Damascus, killing a 49-year-old Internal Security Forces officer and wounding 32 others, making it the first suicide bomb to hit Lebanon in twe

Hezbollah launched an offensive on June 21 to clear Qalamoun, where an estimated 3,000 rebel fighters remain. Tony Badran, a Hezbollah expert with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, believes that the group will make use of its relationship with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to secure the Lebanese side of the Qalamoun region.

ity professionals, as part of a trip organized by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington, DC-based think tank. (All of the p

OUSE_OVERSIGHT_025064 --- PAGE BREAK --- Iran after orchestrating the October 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps and French military barracks in Beirut with his brother-in-law, Mustafa Badreddine. This much is clear: Since its founding, Hezbollah has developed a sophisticated organizational and lead

ity professionals, as part of a trip organized by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington, DC-based think tank. (All of the p

SE_OVERSIGHT. _028698 --- PAGE BREAK --- Iran after orchestrating the October 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps and French military barracks in Beirut with his brother-in-law, Mustafa Badreddine. This much is clear: Since its founding, Hezbollah has developed a sophisticated organizational and leade

//www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/08/25/money-launderers-tri-border-area/ IPT NOTE: See related item #14 above. Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he also contributes to FDD's Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP). FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institu

FTA00015649 --- PAGE BREAK --- Islamic State pours scorn on Taliban victory in Afghanistan while experts warn of 'new phase of jihad' David Rose, Beirut, The Times (London), Friday August 20 2021, 12.00pm BST, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/islamic-state-pours-scorn-on-taliban-victory-tafghanista