Hezbollah
Lebanese political party and militant group
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| 2025 | According to Saudi Al-Hadath Channel, 400 Hezbollah field commanders left Lebanon with their families, relocating to South American countries including Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil, reportedly due to concerns about monitoring following the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. |
| April 2025 | A multinational investigation uncovered a Hezbollah logistics network in Europe, involving Spain, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, leading to arrests and the disruption of a drone component procurement operation. |
| April 1 2025 | Israeli strike on southern Beirut suburbs killed Hassan Bdeir ('Hajj Rabih'), a key Hezbollah figure related to the Palestinian cause, and his son Ali Bdeir. |
| March 31 2025 | Lebanese Army and UNIFIL forces enter a major Hezbollah weapons and storage camp in East Zawtar, near the Litani River, in a significant development challenging the group's military infrastructure. |
| 2024 | Argentine Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich alleges that Hussein Ahmad Karaki is the leader of Hezbollah in Latin America, claiming he masterminded attacks including the 1994 AMIA bombing, and worked with international criminal organizations. |
| 2024 | Hezbollah withdraws majority of its military infrastructure from southern Lebanon, transferring control to the Lebanese army in response to regional changes and the weakening of the Axis of Resistance. |
| 2024 | Syrian Hezbollah withdrew from Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, marking the end of their direct military involvement in the Syrian Civil War. |
| December 2024 | Fall of Assad's Baathist regime in Syria further weakened Hezbollah as a Lebanese ally. |
| December 3 2024 | An Israeli airstrike near Damascus killed Salman Jumaa, a senior Hezbollah figure responsible for liaising with the Syrian army. |
| November 2024 | A ceasefire deal is signed between Israel and Hezbollah, ending 13 months of conflict, with Hezbollah agreeing to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon. |
| November 17 2024 | Hezbollah's media relations chief, Mohammed Afif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian Ba'ath Party headquarters in Beirut. |
| October 29 2024 | Naim Qassem was appointed as the new Secretary-General of Hezbollah, succeeding Hassan Nasrallah after serving previously as his deputy. |
| October 8 2024 | During the Gaza war, Hezbollah launches guided rockets and artillery shells at Israeli-occupied positions in Shebaa Farms, marking a significant escalation of tensions. |
| October 4 2024 | An Israeli air strike on southern Beirut suburbs killed Hashem Safieddine, Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council and likely successor to Nasrallah. |
| September 27 2024 | An Israeli Air Force airstrike in Dahieh killed Hezbollah's supreme leader Hassan Nasrallah and southern front commander Ali Karaki since 1982. |
| September 20 2024 | Ibrahim Aqil, a senior commander in Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut. |
| July 30 2024 | Israeli air strike in Beirut killed Hezbollah senior commander and founding member of its armed wing, Fuad Shukr. |
| June 17 2024 | Hezbollah announced the Hud Hud II, an Iranian manufactured unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle, as part of their arsenal. |
| April 2024 | An Argentinian court officially ruled that Hezbollah was responsible for the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center bombing, which was carried out at the direction of the Iranian government. |
| April 2024 | Hezbollah supporters fly the flag during demonstrations in New York City as part of protests against the Gaza war, despite the entire group being listed as a terrorist organization in the United States. |
| December 30 2023 | United States Department of Justice announced charges against Samuel Salman El Reda for conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, related to past terrorist activities. |
| November 2023 | Brazilian police arrested two men with links to Hezbollah in Latin America who were planning to attack Jewish communities in Brazil. The plot was foiled with assistance from Mossad. Police executed 11 search warrants related to extremist recruitment in São Paulo and Minas Gerais. |
| October 2023 | Hezbollah goes to war with Israel. Hassan Nasrallah is assassinated after 32 years of leadership, along with other key Hezbollah leadership members. |
| October 30 2023 | Syrian Hezbollah militants conducted rocket attacks targeting U.S. forces stationed at Conoco gas fields in eastern Syria, demonstrating the group's active military engagement against U.S. military presence. |
| October 8 2023 | Hezbollah launched guided rockets and artillery shells at Israeli-occupied positions in Shebaa Farms during the Gaza war, marking a significant escalation. |
| September 2023 | United States Department of State designated Hezbollah in Latin America and associated operatives as terrorists. |
| February 2023 | Hezbollah sent humanitarian aid to Syria following the Turkey-Syria earthquake. |
| January 2022 | The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Hezbollah-affiliated financial facilitator Adnan Ayad and an international network of facilitators and companies connected to him and Adel Diab, adding Diab to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. |
| 2021 | Hezbollah imported Iranian fuel to Lebanon, with Nasrallah announcing plans to donate fuel to critical institutions including orphanages, public hospitals, water stations, nursing homes, and the Lebanese Red Cross. |
| 2021 | Hezbollah in Latin America members planned to assassinate an Israeli national in Colombia as revenge for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. |
| October 18 2021 | Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah claimed in a public speech that the organization's military structure includes 100,000 trained Lebanese fighters. |
| September 2021 | The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Qatar conducted a joint operation to uncover and sanction a Hezbollah financing network, with the United States announcing efforts to protect international financial systems from terrorist financing. |
| 2020 | Following the Beirut port explosion, Hezbollah is accused of obstructing accountability efforts. |
| September 2020 | The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions two Lebanese ministers, Ali Hassan Khalil and Yusuf Finyanus, for providing material support to Hezbollah. Additionally, OFAC sanctions Lebanon-based companies Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction, and Hezbollah Executive Council official Sultan Khalifah Asaad. |
| April 30 2020 | Germany banned Hezbollah entirely following a 2018 research initiative that revealed strong links between Hezbollah and illegal activities in the country. |
| October 2019 | Hezbollah is subject to international sanctions from multiple countries, with banks required to comply and risking being barred from dollar transactions if they deal with parties providing funds to the organization. |
| August 2019 | Israeli drones reportedly destroyed a Beirut factory responsible for developing long-range precision missiles for Hezbollah. |
| March 2019 | Home Secretary Sajid Javid adds Hezbollah's political wing to the list of proscribed terrorist organisations, effectively outlawing the flying of the Hezbollah flag in Britain. |
| February 25 2019 | UK parliament announced plans to classify Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization, stating that UK authorities could no longer distinguish between the group's military and political wings. |
| 2018 | Israeli deputy defense minister Eliyahu Ben Dahan estimated Hezbollah had more than 120,000 missiles. |
| 2018 | Israeli military leadership assessed Hezbollah's standing army at 45,000 battle-tested fighters. |
| 2018 | U.S. official estimates placed Hezbollah's military budget at $700 million. |
| December 2018 | Israel Defense Forces (IDF) discovered several cross-border offensive tunnels extending from Lebanese territory into northern Israel during Operation Northern Shield. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) subsequently confirmed the existence of these tunnels. |
| November 2018 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's 'Operation Cedar' led to a trial of Lebanese nationals accused of laundering millions of euros in South American drug money to Europe and Lebanon, with some identified as Hezbollah operatives. |
| March 22 2018 | Hassan Nasrallah issued a statement outlining priorities for the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, with rooting out corruption as the foremost priority. |
| 2017 | A private security contractor claimed Qatar sponsored Hezbollah, alleging that Ambassador Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Sulaiman al-Khulaifi offered €750,000 to suppress information about money and weapons supply to the organization. |
| 2017 | United States arrested two Hezbollah in Latin America members, Samer el Debek and Ali Kourani, who were plotting to attack the Israeli embassy. Debek received paramilitary training in a Hezbollah-funded base in Panama. |
| 2017 | Janes assessment estimated Hezbollah's military strength at more than 20,000+ full-time fighters and approximately 20,000+ reservists. |
| February 16 2016 | General Secretary Nasrallah threatened to use rockets and ammonia containers at Haifa port, comparing their potential impact to a nuclear bomb. |
| 2015 | Hezbollah's rocket stock had grown tenfold since the 2006 war, significantly expanding its rocket arsenal. |
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