Hezbollah Goes Global
Hezbollah Goes Global  
Podcast: Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule
Published On: Wed Feb 16 2022
Description: In December 1983, six blasts shook Kuwait’s capital city. Two prominent Hezbollah operatives oversaw the attack. Soon, bombs were going off in Paris, Copenhagen, and Saudi Arabia, while other members of the group hijacked TWA Flight 847 and murdered U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. What did Hezbollah want? And why was a Lebanese-based militant group conducting attacks in Europe and the Gulf?Guests:Nader Uskowi, former journalist and author of Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle EastDr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism ProjectHans-Georg Engelke, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and CommunityBreaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule is hosted Dr. Matthew Levitt from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. It is produced by Anouk Millet from Earshot Strategies, and written by Dr. Levitt and Lauren Fredericks, a Washington Institute research assistant. Explore my map and timeline of Hezbollah’s Worldwide activities. For a full transcript of the episode, a list of sources, recommended reading, and information on our guests, visit our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.