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Lebanon Latest Broadcasts

4th May 2013 – CTV News

News Update

Tony Badran

FDD's Tony Badran discusses Israel and their tactics to keep weapons from the hands of Hezbollah and its allies. more...

26th April 2013 – The Huffington Post

HuffPost Live

Tony Badran

FDD's Tony Badran joins a discussion on whether or not the drone reported over Israel was in fact a PR stunt. more...

4th March 2013 – Al Jazeera English

Inside Syria

Reuel Marc Gerecht

FDD's Reuel Marc Gerecht discusses rising rumors about the Lebanese Shia group's involvement in Syria's ongoing civil conflict. more...

24th February 2013 – CTV News

News Update

Tony Badran

FDD's Tony Badran discusses if there's anything the world community can do and whether there's a stalemate in Syria. more...

14th February 2013 – Syndicated

The John Batchelor Show

Jonathan Schanzer

Possiblity of the Israelis launching another war in Lebanon. more...

31st January 2013 – GBTV

Real News

Jonathan Schanzer

FDD's Jonathan Schanzer discusses Israel's airstrike in Syria hitting a suspected weapon shipment to Hezbollah. more...

30th August 2012 – Bulgarian National Radio

Saturday150

What is the link between Hezbollah in Lebanon, the government of Iran and the Assad’s regime in Syria? more...

9th August 2012 – Sun News Network

The Charles Adler Show

Claudia Rosett

Sudan on the UN Human Rights Council and a Lebanese MP calling for destruction of Israel. more...

14th December 2011 – CNN

CNN Newsroom

Jonathan Schanzer

New claims allege the Mexican drug cartel "Zetas" are working with the terrorist group Hezbollah. more...

13th December 2011 – CNN

CNN Newsroom

Reuel Marc Gerecht

Hezbollah claims to reveal 10 CIA spies in Lebanon. more...

21st July 2006 – VOA: On the Line

Iran And Syria’s Proxy War

Mark Dubowitz

Israel's assault on the radical Islamic Hezbollah has been viewed by many as a legitimate act of self-defense. Based in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has the declared goal of destroying Israel. The terrorist group has launched missile attacks on Israeli towns and cities. more...

Experts

Jonathan Schanzer

Vice President for Research

John Hannah

Senior Fellow

Tony Badran

Research Fellow, Levant

Events

10th April 2013 - 9:15 AM

Lebanon and Israel: The Forgotten Front?

Analysis from Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, Tony Badran, and Hussain Abdul-Hussain

While the 2006 U.N.-brokered truce between Lebanon and Israel has largely held, experts are assessing whether Hezbollah’s mounting military presence throughout Lebanon will result in renewed conflict, jeopardizing the fragile balance between the two neighbors and raising new questions about the future of the region. What does Hezbollah’s increasing arsenal of rockets and missiles—which some estimates say is 10 times its capability in 2006—mean for the Lebanese people, particularly the Shia?

1st March 2013 - 1:30 PM

Europe’s Hezbollah Dilemma: What’s Next?

A conversation with Tony Badran, Matthew Levitt and Benjamin Weinthal

The recent Bulgarian findings that Hezbollah was behind the terrorist attack that killed a Bulgarian bus driver and Israeli tourists, and the confession in a Cyprus court that Hezbollah was behind the plot in Nicosia, are reminders that the Party of God’s campaign of terror transcends borders. Yet, the European Union has so far not designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Will these developments on European soil change their calculus?