Hezbollah's West Africa money trail | feat. Daniel Swift

Hezbollah's West Africa money trail | feat. Daniel Swift

From FDD Morning Brief by FDD

May 18, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Hezbollah's financial activities in West Africa and provides updates on regional conflicts involving Iran and Israel.

Headlines: Iranian drone attacks, whether launched by the regime or its Iraqi proxies, continue to plague the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Remember the yellow zone in Gaza? You know, the territory that Israel controls and that surrounds the red zone that is still controlled by Hamas? Looks like Israel is slowly gaining ground on the terror group. The outrage continues over Nicholas Kristof’s column in The New York Times accusing Israel of training dogs to r*pe Palestinians in jail. The Israeli government just passed a death penalty law for West Bank Palestinians convicted of murder. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Daniel Swift, a senior research analyst from FDD's Center on Economic and Financial Power. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

People in this episode

Host: Jon Schanzer

Guest: Daniel Swift

Topics covered

  • Hezbollah
  • West Africa
  • money trail
  • Iranian drone attacks
  • Israel
  • Gaza
  • death penalty

Keywords

  • Hezbollah
  • West Africa
  • Iran
  • Israel
  • Gaza
  • drone attacks
  • death penalty
  • FDD

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FDD, The New York Times

Places: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Gaza, West Bank

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