Matthew Levitt

September 25, 2020 | Toby Dershowitz, Dylan Gresik

Hezbollah’s History with Ammonium Nitrate: The Danger to Europe

Ambassador Nathan Sales, U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism at the Department of State, announced last week that Hezbollah has transported and stored ammonium nitrate throughout Europe. While the disclosure...

August 3, 2017 | David Weinberg

Qatar is worst in the region on counterterrorism, but other Gulf monarchies are not off the hook

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly ...

June 13, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Should there be a new push to outlaw all of Hezbollah in the EU?

Europe remains fertile ground for Hezbollah operations and terrorism finance. Given Hezbollah’s role in the ongoing slaughter of Syrian civilians and a thwarted attack on Israelis...

April 27, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Is Hamas Gaining Traction in Europe?

The 13th Palestinians in Europe Conference on Saturday once again catapulted Hamas’s activities into the spotlight. The organizers of the event – the London-based Palestinian...

January 23, 2015 | FDD Press Release

FDD Names Board of Advisors to Help Guide Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance

WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced 18 experts who will serve as members of the Board of Advisors for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF)....

January 23, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

‘World Powers Surrender to Iran’

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last week tweeted a...

July 9, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austria Considers Ban of Hezbollah’s Military Wing

Austria backtracked on Tuesday from its hard line position against a ban of Hezbollah within the EU, stressing its undecided position ahead of a late July foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to...

June 3, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Canadian MPs Decry Iran Human Rights Violations

Co-authored by Michael Wilner Canada’s Parliament hosted Iran Accountability Week last week, documenting the Islamic Republic’s human rights violations, particularly...

April 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Iran Agent Monitoring Chabad Arrested in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed an...

April 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

‘Iranian Militia Monitored Bulgarian Synagogue’

US think tank: Qods Forces monitored synagogue in Sofia suggesting it's a possible target for terror attack.

April 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal Fox News |

Most of Europe Reluctant to Crack Down on Hezbollah Despite Growing Threat

A House hearing on Hezbollah as a global terrorist threat coupled with Thursday’s prison sentence of a Hezbollah member — the first in a European court — brings into sharp focus...

February 15, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why Doesn’t Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group?

The rift over counterterrorism strategy between the United States and its trans-Atlantic partners will likely be on display next week in Brussels, where European foreign ministers are slated to d...

February 7, 2013 |

Blaming Terrorists for Terrorism

Yesterday the Bulgarian government announced the results of its investigation into...

February 4, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report Shows Hezbollah, Iran Join Forces

The head of the Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Dr. Matthew Levitt, on Wednesday issued a report detailing the intensified and reorganized collabo...

December 26, 2012 | |

Smugglers Galore

How Iran arms its allies.

November 19, 2012 | Tony Badran |

Israel-Hamas Fight More Risky in a Changed Mideast

When Israel launched retaliatory air and ground attacks against Palestinians in 2008, Egypt's president at the time showed no sympathy for the Palestinian cause. He closed the border with th...

November 13, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Analysis: Hezbollah’s Lethal Anti-Semitism

There are a great many reasons whirling around within European foreign ministries to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Compelling arguments include the Lebanese Shi’ite group&rsqu...

September 27, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Long War Journal

Will Europe Outlaw Hezbollah?

BERLIN -- The July suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists at the seaside Bulgarian resort of Bur...

August 20, 2012 |

FDD Releases Groundbreaking Volume on Terrorist Groups in Canada

Washington, DC (FDD, August 20, 2012) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies Press has released a groundbreaking volume on terrorist groups operating in Can...

August 1, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Linda Frum FDD Press

Terror in the Peaceable Kingdom

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