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How Russia Is Eclipsing the U.S. in Africa

The Kremlin is preparing to showcase its steadily growing influence in Africa, which has often come at Washington’s expense. On October 28-29, Moscow will host more than 30 African delegations for the...

Hezbollah’s Financing Strategies: Recovering From War With Israel

Iran has spent more than four decades building Hezbollah into a force capable of making war against Israel in hopes of one day destroying the Jewish state. Israeli forces have inflicted tremendous damage on Hezbollah’s leadership, arsenal, and manpower, yet the terror group is rebuilding, thanks in no small part to its globe-spanning illicit finance network. To shed greater light on this crucial subject, FDD has invited Israeli expert Dr. Iftah Burman to provide a robust overview of the transnational web of enterprises, stretching across the Middle East — and from Latin America to West Africa and into cyberspace — that sustains Hezbollah’s aggression. This work provides information essential to intelligence and law enforcement agencies in every country, including the United States, that recognizes the severity of Hezbollah’s threat to peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East.

To Squeeze Hezbollah, Look to West Africa

With Iran blockaded and weakened, Hezbollah may be increasingly dependent on its West African financial schemes.

US pushes for UN resolution on Gaza to support peace plan

The US is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza “aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,”...

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled

Unseen ‘Since the Nazis’: Syrians Uncover Mass Graves and Evidence of Assad Regime’s Atrocities

Hundreds of Thousands of Regime Victims Buried in Mass Graves: Human rights organizations are uncovering evidence of mass executions that occurred during the rule of ousted Syrian...

Beware Hezbollah’s Dual-Nationals

Without stigmatizing diaspora communities or profiling their members, Western intelligence services must work against radicalization and incitement by targeting Hezbollah agents.

Italy is about to say to Beijing, ‘Hit the road, Xi’

Rome's anticipated departure from the Belt and Road Initiative likely marks the end of the project’s grand European aspirations, Elaine Dezenski writes.

Papua New Guinea to Open Jerusalem Embassy 

Latest Developments  Papua New Guinea’s prime minister will visit Israel next week to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a spokesperson for his office said on August 28. The inauguration, tentatively...

Don’t Let Palestinian Recalcitrance Hold Israeli-African Relations Hostage

Palestinian advocacy groups and certain countries are pressuring the African Union (AU) to rescind Israel’s observer status, when the AU executive council meets this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....

Diplomatic Malpractice: Reforming the WHO After China’s COVID Cover-up

Iran’s Mischief in Morocco Is a Problem

Iran has historically supported any militancy against pro-Western regimes, regardless of their religious or political orientation.

Biden’s Half Measures on Ebola Put the United States at Risk

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order on Tuesday detailing new public health measures in response to outbreaks of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

U.S. Sanctions Companies Helping North Korea Export Illegal Coal

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned six Chinese and Vietnamese companies and four ships – one flying Vietnam’s flag and three flying unknown flags – for exporting North Korean coal....

Crisis in Lebanon

Anatomy of a Financial Collapse

UN Report Reveals North Korea’s Persistent and Evolving Maritime Sanctions Evasion Schemes

The UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) belatedly released a biannual report last week divulging North Korea’s persistent sanctions evasion activity, including its...

Morocco Arrests Hezbollah Financier

 Lebanese media reported Tuesday that the tycoon and terror financier Qassem Tajeddin has been apprehended in Morocco before boarding a flight to Beirut. The U.S. Treasury Department...

Hezbollah: Alive in West Africa

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new designations yesterday for several Africa-based individuals a...