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Unmasking Hezbollah - Episode 2 - The Long Hunt

April 29, 2024

In 2008, the United States launched "Project Cassandra." The aim was to uncover how Hezbollah uses drug trafficking and money laundering to finance its military and terrorist activities.

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Unmasking Hezbollah - Episode 2 - The Long Hunt
A Hezbollah propaganda campaignImage: Java

This three-part series tells the story of "Project Cassandra" through the testimony of DEA agents and others who were directly involved. It is a story that helps explain the history and rise of Hezbollah and brings a complex geopolitical story to a wider audience.  

Unmasking Hezbollah - Episode 2 - The Long Hunt
The funeral of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 Image: Java

The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri on February 14, 2005 sent Lebanon and the international community into shock. All eyes turned to Syria, which was accused of being behind the assassination. Bashar al-Assad's army, which had occupied part of the country, was forced to withdraw under pressure from the local population. With the Syrian withdrawal, Hezbollah lost a long-standing ally and protector. And it also found itself in the spotlight: suspected of complicity in the murder of Hariri.
 

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