Hezbollah’s Reach Around the World

Hezbollah—Lebanon’s “Party of God”—is much more than a political party. It’s an Islamic Shia religious and social movement, Lebanon’s largest militia, a close ally of Iran, and a terrorist organization. But Hezbollah’s reach is not limited to Lebanon; it extends far beyond that country’s borders with worldwide financial and logistical networks supporting its covert criminal and terrorist operations worldwide from the Middle East to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. And what is the extent of Hezbollah’s role in Iran’s shadow war with Israel and the West, including plots targeting civilians around the world?  Explore Hezbollah’s footprint and future goals with expert commentators: Matthew Levitt, Senior Fellow and Director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, author of Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God, and a former FBI counterterrorism analyst as well as former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the US Department of the Treasury; and Reuel Marc Gerecht, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, author of The Wave: Man, God, and the Ballot Box in the Middle East, and a former Middle East specialist in the CIA’s Clandestine Service.