Matthew Levitt

Lots to unpack when it comes to #Hezbollah, so I'm thrilled to announce the latest edition of my @Georgetown_UP book is now with a new chapter on LH regional activities and its role in the road to Oct 7 and actions since. Get yours here: amazon.com/Hezbollah-Glob…

Surrendering the Narrative: How U.S. Cuts to Soft Power Are Empowering Rivals mailchi.mp/thesoufancente…

New Syria sanctions push scrambles partisan alliances. Lawler’s proposal to set conditions on the remaining US sanctions has prompted a unique alignment of conservatives and progressives who prefer full repeal. semafor.com/article/07/22/…

The key to alleviating hunger in Gaza is for #Hamas to release the Oct 7 hostages. There is a ceasefire agreement on the table—Israel has agreed to it, Hamas has not.

United States Unseals Civil Action Filed Against Approximately $2M in Digital Currency Involved in #Hamas Fundraising via Buy Cash justice.gov/opa/pr/united-…

Scoop: For weeks, fires and explosions have erupted in Iran almost daily. Officials say they suspect sabotage & have trained their suspicions on Israel, pointing to its history of covert operations in Iran. w/ @ErikaSolomon nytimes.com/2025/07/23/wor…

New from my colleagues and me at @NCITE_COE — We looked at hundreds of ISIS in America cases to get a sense of how non-terrorism charges are being levied against terrorism suspects digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewconten…

Israel sabotaged missiles and hacked air defenses, Iranian analyst says | Iran International iranintl.com/en/202507228160

“Water, electricity, life — are our fundamental rights.” – Protest by the people of Sabzevar, Iran, against the water and power outage crisis.

Shahrzad, a university student in Tehran, described the shift as “engineered nationalism.” “Authentic nationalism comes from the streets, from protests, from shared pain, not from government podiums,” she said in a voice message. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wor…

Syria-Israel meeting arranged by U.S. to avoid Suwayda repeat axios.com/2025/07/22/syr…

DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will organise a Saudi-Syrian investment forum in Damascus, aimed at exploring the potential for cooperation and signing deals that should promote sustainable development, the Saudi Investment Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

#Hezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion gnet-research.org/2025/07/21/hez…

Arkan Mars Petroleum DMCC and Arkan Mars Petroleum FZE are UAE-based companies associated with Arkan Mars that have been involved in exporting oil to Yemen.  All three of the Arkan Mars companies coordinated the delivery of approximately $12 million dollars’ worth of Iranian…

Treasury Sanctions Houthi-Linked Petroleum Smuggling and Sanctions Evasion Network content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USTRE…

Iran warns citizens of growing recruitment attempts by enemies, state media say reuters.com/world/middle-e…

British Virgin Islands faces increased scrutiny on illicit finance politico.eu/article/britis…

15-Year-Old Sentenced 2 Years for Vienna Attack Plot theinternational.at/15-year-old-se…

Tajik man sentenced to 5.5 years for recruiting for ISIS in Netherlands nltimes.nl/2025/07/21/taj…

Montreal woman who joined ISIS as a teen convicted of aiding a terrorist group cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Assi and his Iranian co-conspirators orchestrated the scheme by locating an Iraq-based distributor to serve as the forward-facing purchaser of two US-origin blasthole drills from the US subsidiary of Assi’s employer. justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign…