The ongoing challenge of Hezbollah's Bank: As @mattlevitt.bsky.social notes, "The key difference is that it is registered as a charity—not as a licensed financial institution—which means it has largely operated outside Lebanon's financial regulatory framework" thisisbeirut.com.lb/features/exp...

New Sanctions, Old Challenge: Hezbollah’s Bank Still a Problem for Lebanon

On June 30, the U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) announced new sanctions against Hezbollah’s fina…

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In the latest episode of Suspicious Transaction Report, Dr Kinga Redlowska and @mattlevitt.bsky.social sit down to discuss how Iran uses proxies, shadow banking and criminal cut-outs to fund external operations and evade sanctions. Listen to the episode: https://bit.ly/4bcQsfo

"Matthew Levitt's examination of Iranian operations (ch 12) adds methodological rigour" Appreciate the review of "Killing in the Name of the State" edited by @avramovok & #LucaTrenta in the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Killing in the Name of the State: state-sponsored assassination in international politics

Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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“The MOU is structured to bring Iran to the table,” @mattlevitt.bsky.social told @washingtonpost.com. “And it demonstrates that the United States wanted this deal even more than Iran did.”

First steps in peace deal demand far more from U.S. than Iran

The memorandum of understanding requires numerous steps by Washington including lifting sanctions and freeing billions in frozen assets, while Iran was required only to open the Strait of Hormuz.

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Pulte Dismisses Top ODNI Experts on World’s Hot Spots, including a huge chunk of the senior staff at the National Intelligence Council (NIC) Incredible self-goal. Terrible. www.spytalk.co/p/pulte-dism...

Pulte Dismisses Top ODNI Experts on World’s Hot Spots

Purge Includes Many Senior Staff at the National Intelligence Council

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Honored to spend the week in Singapore as part of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies’ Distinguished Visitors program & a guest of RSIS’ Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS)

The teenagers enlisted as agents of mayhem by Russia and Iran www.ft.com/content/58da...

The teenagers enlisted as agents of mayhem by Russia and Iran

Minors are being targeted to carry out hostile acts from Ukraine to western Europe and Israel

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He only preached death & destruction SOME of the time, so it was ok… “He wasn’t preaching death and destruction all the time,” Dr. Hamawy added. “He had certain views that he spoke in certain forums, but that’s not what he did every single day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/n...

A Candidate’s Past Ties to a Militant Cleric Are Surfacing in a N.J. House Race

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A Greek national has been charged in UK with assisting a foreign intelligence ​service, believed to be Iran's, over the targeting of a ‌journalist working for the London-based television station Iran International www.reuters.com/business/med...

Man charged in UK with assisting foreign intelligence service linked to Iran

A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence ​service, believed to be Iran's, over the targeting of a ‌journalist working for the London-based television station Iran Intern...

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Treasury Begins Sanctions Modernization Effort by Removing Outdated Entries content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UST...

For full context of this plot, see my CTC Sentinel article, 'Hamas Plots in Europe: A Shift Toward External Operations?' @washinstitute.bsky.social www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

Hamas Plots in Europe: A Shift Toward External Operations?

Perhaps, given the ceasefire deal, the group will rein in its operations abroad to avoid giving Israel reason to resume the war, but the involvement of senior group leaders in plots targeting Denmark,...

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Matthew Levitt@mattlevitt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Danish police arrest another #Hamas suspect in German case re smalls arms procurement for Hamas planned attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany and elsewhere in Europe www.generalbundesanwalt.de/SharedDocs/P...

Danish police arrest another #Hamas suspect in German case re smalls arms procurement for Hamas planned attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany and elsewhere in Europe www.generalbundesanwalt.de/SharedDocs/P...

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Council expands the legal framework and adds ten individuals to the sanctions list www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Council expands the legal framework and adds ten individuals to the sanctions list

The Council decided to expand the legal framework of the EU’s restrictive measures regarding Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad to also target members of the Political Bureau of Hamas, and to lis...

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For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: Women www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: Women

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

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Where Trump “manditorily requests” that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and says that if Iran signs an agreement with him he’d be honored o “have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition” Ahhh, ok….. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

The United States condemns in the strongest terms Hizballah’s reckless call to overthrow Lebanon’s democratically elected government. www.state.gov/releases/off...

Condemnation of Hizballah’s Reckless Call to Overthrow Lebanese Government - United States Department of State

The United States condemns in the strongest terms Hizballah’s reckless call to overthrow Lebanon’s democratically elected government. Hizballah has ignored repeated calls from the legitimate Governmen...

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The Counterterrorism strategy disconnected from the terrorist landscape www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

A Counterterrorism Strategy Disconnected from the Terrorist Landscape

In focusing on cartels and gangs in the Western Hemisphere as well as left-wing extremists, the administration's “radical shift” elides certain threats from the Middle East along with the political ri...

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America’s new Counterterrorism strategy is a partisan polemic, with my comment for the Economist www.economist.com/united-state...

America’s new counter-terrorism strategy is a partisan polemic

It does not seem designed to make the country safer

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Trump: "We have a man who is doing a great job. I knew it! Because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. He kept me out of jail."

“Trump’s CT strategy is out and it does not recognize right-wing terrorism as a problem. That’s just whacky,” Matthew Levitt, a terrorism expert at the Washington Institute, wrote on X. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ma...

White House counterterrorism strategy to target left-wing groups, transgender ideology

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a national counterterrorism strategy calling for more aggressive steps to crack down on left-wing violence, including antifa and the savage attacks prom...

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It's finally out! The Trump admin's 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy justthenews.com/sites/defaul...

My latest @warontherocks.bsky.social Between Intent & Capability: Assessing the Lack of Iranian Attacks on the U.S. Homeland warontherocks.com/between-inte... @washinstitute.bsky.social

Between Intent and Capability: Assessing the Lack of Iranian Attacks on the U.S. Homeland

Three days into the Iran war, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the quiet part out loud: The Revolutionary Guard’s Qods Force has long carried

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Iran war has cost the U.S. $25 billion so far, Pentagon official says www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Iran war has cost the U.S. $25 billion so far, Pentagon official says

Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst said most of those costs came from munitions.

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U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’

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In cases where a defendant is inspired by but does not directly communicate with terrorists, prosecutors “are going to be concerned that an important tool will be taken off the table,” said Matthew Levitt a fellow @washinstitute.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/n...

He Said ISIS Inspired His Attack. Does That Count as Supporting Terrorists?

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35 govt’s meet for Fifth Meeting of the Countering Transnational Terrorism Forum to target ongoing malign & destabilizing activities by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) & Ministry of Intelligence & Security (MOIS) & their proxies & partners www.state.gov/releases/off...

Fifth Meeting of the Countering Transnational Terrorism Forum - United States Department of State

To target ongoing malign and destabilizing activities by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and their proxies and partners, the U.S. Depar...

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Thank you, Middle East Institute for including me in this even on Iran, Hezbollah, & Lebanon's Future, broadcast on CSPAN2 lnkd.in/eYSyaFHB

Pleased to participate in this Discussion on Lebanon Amid Israeli Strikes Against Hezbollah & the Iran War ⁦‪@cspan‬⁩ ⁦‪@MiddleEastInst‬⁩ www.c-span.org/program/publ...

Looking forward to participating in this event on "Iran, Hizballah, and Lebanon’s Future" at MEI alongside @AramNerguizian #AmbDavidHale @kennethpollack3 mei.edu/events/iran-...

Iran, Hizballah, and Lebanon’s Future - Middle East Institute

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How Tehran’s Proxy Network Could Outlast the Iranian Regime - my latest, with Michael Jacobson @washinstitute.bsky.social @latimes.com www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

How Tehran’s Proxy Network Could Outlast the Iranian Regime

Even if Washington somehow convinces Iran to cut off support for groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, this would not eliminate the threat they pose.

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