can take years to pull together. Yet in the 15 months from May 2011 to July 2012, the Quds Force and Hizballah attempted 20 attacks, by the count of Matthew Levitt, a former State Department counterterrorism official. “Hizballah and the Quds Force traded speed for tradecraft and reaped what they sowed,” Levitt w

Russia and the United Nations “to find a way out of the deadlock.” Article 5. Foreign Policy Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side? Matthew Levitt HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025060 --- PAGE BREAK --- February 12, 2013 -- Bulgaria's interior minister announced on Feb. 5 the result of his country's invest

ates, Russia and the United Nations "to find a way out of the deadlock." Article 5. Foreign Policy Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side? Matthew Levitt HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028694 --- PAGE BREAK --- February 12, 2013 -- Bulgaria's interior minister announced on Feb. 5 the result of his country's investi

" adding they are now "kind of a miniature version of 10 or 15 years ago." The Washington Institute's director of counterterrorism and intelligence, Matthew Levitt, commented, "Governments and private sector have made it harder to move funds via formal and informal financial systems. ... It is interesting to s

adding they are now "kind of a miniature version of 10 or 15 years ago." The Washington Institute's director of counterterrorism and intelligence, Matthew Levitt, commented, "Governments and private sector have made it harder to move funds via formal and informal financial systems. ... It is interesting to se

Hezbollah in its propaganda aimed at justifying its operations in Syria is that they are part of its resistance (muqawama) against Israel. But as Matthew Levitt explains, outside Hezbollah's staunchest Shiite supporters, there are few takers for the con-torted logic that the Syrian rebellion is an American

adding they are now "kind of a miniature version of 10 or 15 years ago." The Washington Institute's director of counterterrorism and intelligence, Matthew Levitt, commented, "Governments and private sector have made it harder to move funds via formal and informal financial systems. ... It is interesting to se

only EU country to consider Hezbollah's entire apparatus—ranging from charity work to political and military functions—a terrorist organization. Matthew Levitt,an analyst at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, argues that the inner workings of Hezbollah's organizational structure do not allow fo